Peter Diamandis · TED
Abundance is our future
Why technology is making food, energy, water and education cheaper and easier to reach for billions of people.
Big idea: scarcity is often a problem of access, and access is solvable.
A few inspiring talks to start you on your way to being an intelligent optimist: big ideas about progress, science, technology and the human story, from some of the sharpest minds of our time.
Our intro video: what Intelligent Optimism is, why it matters, and why the future is better than you think. A great one to share with a friend.
Hand-picked by Intelligent Optimism. Each one takes the evidence seriously, and leaves you more hopeful, not less.
Why technology is making food, energy, water and education cheaper and easier to reach for billions of people.
The evidence that we are living in the most peaceful era in human history, and why it doesn't feel that way.
How reason, science and open debate have bent the moral arc towards justice, freedom and kindness.
How exponential growth in computing could change medicine, intelligence and what it means to be human.
A burst of wonder about why awe makes us more open, more creative and more hopeful.
A short, cinematic vision of the world that science and technology could build next.
The famous talk that turned world health data into a thrilling race. Most of what we think about the developing world is out of date.
Progress comes from trade and the swapping of ideas: no single person knows how to make a computer mouse.
Optimism is not wishful thinking. Look for the numbers, the trends and the sources behind the big claims.
Progress is real, and so are problems. Name the challenge clearly, then ask who is already working on it.
Share the idea, start a conversation, or bring friends together to watch and discuss it.
Screen a talk with friends, students or colleagues, then talk about it. IO Global groups do this all over the world.