In this episode, Peter mentions a company “Energy Vault” that is specializing in gravitational energy storage. Its primary product is a gravity battery that utilizes a multi-headed crane to store energy in a stacked tower of heavy blocks made from concrete.   Dan mentions that energy is becoming exponential, because as more and more energy is available, human aspirations for using energy increases.    Peter discusses another company “Heliogen” that is using concentrated solar energy to exceed temperatures greater than 1,000 degrees Celsius, transforming sunlight to create and replace fuels.

Episode 80: Democratizing Energy Storage

Dan Sullivan and Peter Diamandis discuss how exponential technologies are creating massive opportunities for entrepreneurs all over the world.

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Dan Sullivan and Peter Diamandis delve into the emerging trend of reindustrialization in America. They examine how leveraging advanced technologies is a strategic business move, and how the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of having critical manufacturing capabilities within the nation’s borders.




In this episode:




* Rising labor costs in countries like China and the logistical challenges of overseas manufacturing are driving this shift back to the U.S. and Mexico’s costs from top to bottom are one-sixth the cost of anything in the United States.



* Peter gives the example of minimum wage going up being the biggest incentive for humanoid robotics to enter the labor force.



* Dan talks about the speed of normalization, speed of technology is fast, then people get used it and expect it, then its normal


Episode 141: The Speed of Normalization







Peter Diamandis and Dan Sullivan discuss Peter’s conversation with Elon Musk, and delve into the importance of optimism, technology’s role in creating abundance, and the bright future ahead for the United States. They also touch on author Peter Zeihan’s unique perspective on world events post-World War II.




In this episode:




* The fundamentals of the hierarchy of needs are all increasing in accessibility and abundance around the world.



* The more entrepreneurs there are, the more problems there are being solved.



* Studies show that 25% of people are born with a gene that predisposes them toward worry. And 25% are born with a gene that predisposes them toward opportunity.



* The difference between an optimist and a pessimist is that an optimist sees failure as an anomaly, and a pessimist sees success as an anomaly.


Episode 140: Unlimited Optimism in the Age of AI







Many people don’t know this, but everything that affects the costs of money, energy, labor, or transport also affects the other three factors. It can be difficult to understand how it works and how it directly affects you. Dan Sullivan and Peter Diamandis explain the importance of quality transportation routes, explain why the United States is in the best position, and discuss the trend toward local manufacturing.




In this episode:




* Nanotechnology and advanced 3D printing soon will allow us to manufacture whatever we want based upon atomic components.



* The cognitive talent around the world is linking digitally with the places where they can get the most highly paid.



* Water transportation is one twelfth the cost of any other transportation.



* The costs of money, energy, labor, and transport contribute to government taxes and regulation.


Episode 139: The Reindustrialization of The United States







Throughout human history, you were as old as your chronological age. Now, it’s becoming possible to be decades younger physically than the number of years you’ve been alive. Dan Sullivan and Peter Diamandis explain the simple actions you can take right now to extend your life, why you shouldn’t even be thinking about retiring, and how there’s a $101 million prize waiting for anyone who’s developing a restorative therapy.




In this episode:




* Dan and Peter discuss why regenerative medicine is going to be the number one industry over the next hundred years and how it’s worth $38 trillion to the global economy per year.



* Peter gives tips on healthy lifestyle habits.



* Dan talks about why the U.S. doesn’t have a healthcare system, it has a disease management system.


Episode 138: Capabilities That Keep You Young







Peter and Dan discuss the Future of Money, Energy, Labor, And Transportation (MELT). Peter uses his “6D’s of Exponentials” framework to look at each category.




In this episode:




* The U.S. will do the best job of using technology to contain the cost of money, energy, labor, and transportation.





* When digitization suddenly helps to drop the cost of things, a disruption takes place in three forms: demonetization, dematerialization, and democratization.





* The advantage of digitizing something is that you can offer it globally.


Episode 80: Democratizing Energy Storage

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