Peter Diamandis: A future of Abundance - Docu - 2013

[@jekalambert9412]

There are permaculture projects that have turned deserts into flourishing landscapes with out the use of irrigation water, Not only do these flourishing edible landscapes thrive without irrigation, they actually accumulate groundwater as well as creating creeks and ponds. Why invest in expensive technology when the same thing can be accomplished in a few years using plants that feed people and that create habitats that support diverse life forms including healthy microorganisms, insects, reptiles, birds and mammals.

[@justinc6819]

"He did what pharmaceutical companies with billions of dollars couldn't do." - Couldn't? Or didn't want to? There's money in treating sick people.

[@vprodocumentary]

Hello everyone! Tonight we hope to give a good dose of optimism, or at least some good food for thought. We are curious what your reaction will be to Peter Diamandis. Do you also believe in A future of abundance? Remember, to see the subtitles, you have to use the captions function on the KZbin video player. The captions allow us to subtitle our documentaries in 3 languages, and hopefully soon more! Next Sunday we will publish a documentary about the Cradle to Cradle concept, leading to this not really appetizing title: “Waste is food”. It’s a 2007 documentary, yes, but what is really striking when watching it is how ideas expressed then as inspirational are now part of our daily lives, and we’re not even blinking about it.

[@vprodocumentary]

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[@mrigankadeyMD]

Very rare to see an optimistic perspective about our future especially in a day and age where everyone else seems to be predicting doom and gloom of civilization. It's reassuring to see there are good people who are actually helping us progress forward towards materializing a better future. Though, it is still unfortunate that their work doesn't get the larger recognition it deserves. It makes us realise that even small things done can bring major changes and tells us to work and move towards our future with conscientiousness in our minds and hopes in our hearts. Again,(in my opinion) VPRO the only one who brings to us a fresh flavour among all stale & mundane subjects of journalism these days.

[@vprodocumentary]

Thank you so much for your comment! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@vprodocumentary]

Hey Mriganka Dey, Where are you located? In October in Amsterdam there is a conference with Naomi Klein and Yanis Varoufakis talking about "how to save the world", can you believe it?! We are pretty sure you can access Ted conferences or other great conferences from everywhere in the world, you just have to look for it. The greatest changes happen through sharing knowledge. :D

[@mrigankadeyMD]

I currently live in India, and i am certainly all for raising awareness and sharing knowledge. If possible I will try to attend the conference along with some of my acquaintances. Nonetheless, I'm really grateful that you bought it to my knowledge. Thank You

[@vprodocumentary]

Yes, you can find many conferences worldwide, so hopefully, you will find something close to you. We are happy to share with you! Have a nice day

[@mrigankadeyMD]

Thank you, it's very seldom any broadcaster/publisher takes the effort to directly engage in cultivating encouragement and curiosity among it's viewers regarding important issues in our society. It's really great to know that.

[@RidingJapan]

the easiest way to ensure that people live in abundance is by redefining who you include in the category "people"

[@TheSchev]

Consider the effect of a shift in values from fear, greed and deceit to mercy, compassion and honesty. It may happen!

[@MrAnibl]

Why would people have compassion for people that have everything?

[@ChitranjanBaghiofficial]

Guys loved the positive view shown by your guys, wonderful work, feels good to know that future is good.

[@dac545j]

How about looking into what is going on with iPS cells, or graphene?

[@robertturk451]

an amazing channel you have here

[@vprodocumentary]

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[@sanjuansteve]

How can someone submit (good for humanity and the planet) ideas and potential projects to Singularity University?

[@rifleman42051]

The only way we will have a future of abundance is if the people in power stop being so greedy and give back to the masses, I hope we have a future of abundance however if history has taught us anything at the peak of any empire greed and corruption end up destroying that empire. I hope one day we are able to truly evolve to a final frontiering species but that will take along time. /drops mic

[@stachowi]

Wow, the 16-year old at the end was the most promising part of this entire episode. Amazing what you can do when you don't know limits.

[@pr4f603]

Hug an Innovator Today!

[@mjstow]

Yes, best part. I think that's what true joy looks like!

[@isaacorellana1754]

This need billions of likes

[@thetrumanshow4791]

Solar power, nanotechnology, Ai, 5G, fiber optic networks, new battery tech, and genetic engineering will bring fantastic changes to our world.

[@yavormartinov780]

If you create a machine which is independent from conditions that you are dependent, it doesn’t need to compete with you. (Concerning AI)

[@beickus]

this is a fine concept but optimism alone does not sell i'm afraid - people love to be scared

[@Innomen]

Basically we could have had this if every country that scaled coal and oil scaled fission instead. (Like France.) Solar is just one route to energy abundance, indirect fusion basically. (The same way geothermal is indirect fission.) Ultimately it's a stepping stone to fusion, even if we skip fission out of sheer ignorance. This is indeed very simple. Fission/fusion(direct or indirect) to power the robots, AI to run and design the robots, the abolition of software patents/copyright to allow us all access to the robots, and a basic income to distribute the robots and their produce. A renaissance is coming. Technology would be progressing much faster if it wasn't for the religion of intellectual property law. The great bulk of human progress right now is basically the result of us collectively remixing the whole of the public domain. Once we can scrape off the patent leeches and ticks making it literally illegal to add their precious hoarded colors to human pallet progress will explode. Put simply humanity will only tolerate this level of greed for so long. Every software, drug, and food patent is a monopoly that could lead to hydraulic despotism. Either we'll embrace the capitalist side and patent monopolies will implode from a libertarian power vacuum and corporate espionage, or we'll revolt and simply depose the rich Bastille style. (assuming peaceful reforms fail of course.) The patent monopolists are the new aristocracy and they will not last. One way or the other the church of the patent will fall. Thus humanity's future is literally as bright as the sun.

[@ChristophePochari]

than why haven't wages risen in 40 years?

[@ykcasual]

what do you mean? they risen like crazy, so did the prices tho.

[@jacobnleth]

Likely because noone in the US is part of a workers union. Your employers trample over you like bugs.

[@razor3106]

@@jacobnleth Not true. I was a part of an electrical workers union. Every year, our wages were negotiated lower and lower, I eventually left to work for the county (un-unionized) and made much more money.

[@chrisobber5604]

We're richer than ever before. WTF?

[@robertnagy8360]

természetes. kis dolgok változást hoznak bárki életébe az enyémbe az a kis dolog mikor ti a jogdijamat kifizetitek :)))

[@davebry01]

0.34 seconds, basic needs of all the people in the world, "food, energy, clean water, basic health care, & education". So if all these will be TOTALLY FREE, there is only 1 thing missing off that list which should be a HUMAN RIGHT. "A home" Each and every person on this planet should be given a HOME. There should not exist homeless old people. Ageing and retirement should not be a fear to some of us. Some are lucky and have a home handed down to them from parents or grandparents, but some arent so lucky and never had a good enough job to save for a house so we should all be given a home to grow old gracefully and peacefully and die in our own homes NOT on the streets ;)

[@HALLAMAMINE]

merci

[@bizzybgful]

Wow, the Netherlands. though im late, connecting silicon valley, huum

[@winterhaydn5640]

Actually, Capitalism requires a certain level of Scarcity in order to function and maintain profit & constant growth. If we were to truly provide an abundance of clean, efficient goods and services (which, we definitely could do right now), the system would breakdown on itself. This is because cyclical consumption is needed at all times to maintain profit. (For instance, products are designed to be relatively inferior so that customers will require new ones in a short amount of time. If durability was factored in properly, companies and industries could easily lose their market share. This is evident in the way Big Oil tries to suppress clean energy initiatives.) There is inherently corrupt and destructive forces in the system we perpetuate. This is why we've reach a point where the market system can't handle revolutionary technologies anymore. It's suppressing the best ideas, while pushing out more consumerism. .....For an idea of how to move around this obstacle and build an abundant world, watch the movie "Zeitgeist Addendum". Also, research The Venus Project, the lifelong work of a man named Jacque Fresco.

[@BiggySeth]

Winter Haydn well thats not how capitalism has worked in america. Think of it; in the U.S its nearly IMPOSSIBLE to starve to death. Why? because of technology has made food and water so abundant that even homeless people can easily get food for free, they even get free places to sleep and free clinics for minor illness. I think what will happen eventually is that money will stop finding reason to be used and the need to make it and spend it will become less and less. Dont get me wrong capitalism will still exist ofcourse but it won't be nesseary to survive off it virtually.

[@johnhenninger1980]

that wasnt john mcafee bldg at the end there? nahhhh

[@luckyx360]

RBE :)

[@duggydugg3937]

$23 TRILLION dollars of debt from deficit spending are owed to china...pimco... individuals etc what does he think will abate the skyrocketing taxpayer's debt burden..

[@chuychuytube]

The conflict is that capitalism promotes SCARCITY to raise prices. (Demand and Supply)

[@OutbackAl]

Thumbing this Doco down, equates to thumbing down our future.

[@sergejzab]

Haha.. very funny video about western ignorance.

[@synbios2009]

Some people do when you only talk.

[@Stanman121]

11:59 Thatboss just pointed, go back to work.

[@billy-joes6851]

The only thing I'm not optimistic about is having an abundance of nuclear weapons lol

[@MrSvenovitch]

The self delusion is strong in these ones. In human life, getting rid of one sort of misery just brings with it another kind of misery. Solutions are always new problems.

[@kefsound]

So much BS.

[@BiggySeth]

kefsound how?

[@michellemissy2]

Village doesn’t do without anything technology save lives this planet people are dying denied everything land food water we all have right birth it’s excepted as being ok.It is not ok people are dying because of it it’s excepted.You can not justify people dying over a piece of paper or coin born with right live build your life have food water knowledge and technology save your life keep you safe and planet your born with this rightfully yours have live.By denying those things people are dying you can’t justify murder violating people over piece of paper or coin yours have to live don’t except this it’s denying you life unless you pay that murder.

[@teksal13]

WTF?