Peter Diamandis: 'I've never met a pessimist who pulled off a moonshot'
PeterDiamandis · x · 2026-09-28
X Prize founder and futurist Peter Diamandis posted a short aphorism: "I've never met a pessimist who pulled off a moonshot" — a signature statement of his tech-optimist worldview, without further elaboration.
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