So while I can't tell you if bringing a child into this world is the morally-responsible to do, I can say that the future, much like the present, is going to be a whole lot better than you think.

Elon Musk with PayPal revolutionized banking.

With sufficient water on the Moon, solar energy can be used to split the water into hydrogen and oxygen. The oxygen is, of course, critical for humans to breathe and the water important for us to drink.

The fact that the Virgin logo was on the side of SpaceShipOne on October 4th, 2004 was fantastic.

Government research has to go through peer review.

In most developed countries, the average person receives about 16 years of education. Even in developing countries, the population gets five to eight years of education.

If the government regulates against use of drones or stem cells or artificial intelligence, all that means is that the work and the research leave the borders of that country and go someplace else.

Your chances of dying a violent death are 1/500th of what they used to be during medieval times.

Collective management will build companies - not top-down decision-making.

If you've been wondering where the next gold rush is going to take place, look up at the night sky to our closest celestial neighbor. The next economic boom might just be a mere 240,000 miles away on the bella luna.

As medical research continues and technology enables new breakthroughs, there will be a day when malaria and most all major deadly diseases are eradicated on Earth.

It used to be that, in astronomy, a small team of people could look at photos of a few thousand galaxies and classify and catalog them relatively easily. But now, with a new generation of robotic telescopes scanning the skies constantly and producing millions of images, that's become next to impossible.

Regardless of what the naysayers believe about human interaction and social media, the data show us that the abundance of technology is actually increasing the abundance of happiness all over the world.

My personal fascination with the power of the crowd has been growing: Exactly what can a 'crowd' accomplish? We know crowds can raise billions of dollars, create Wikipedia, and even design and build small autonomous drones. But how about something large and complex like designing a new car, and maybe someday even a spaceship?

Drones watch for disease and collect real-time data on crop health and yields.

Every second of every day, our senses bring in way too much data than we can possibly process in our brains.

Imagine what we could do for the world's grand challenges with a trillion hours of focused attention.

As humans, we have evolved to compete... it is in our genes, and we love to watch a competition.

My father, who grew up picking olives on the Greek island of Lesbos, was a doctor. So my family expected me to become a physician.

When I think about creating abundance, it's not about creating a life of luxury for everybody on this planet; it's about creating a life of possibility. It is about taking that which was scarce and making it abundant.

Super-ambitious goals tend to be unifying and energizing to people; but only if they believe there's a chance of success.

Bad news sells because the amygdala is always looking for something to fear.

Have an open mind - allow different ideas into your way of thinking.

Never tolerate a toxic person in your organization.