Equally important is the entrepreneurial possibility hidden amongst these challenges. One idea that will become clearer as we go along is the notion that the world’s biggest problems are also the world’s biggest business opportunities. Along exactly these lines, at Singularity University—the Silicon Valley–based university Peter co-founded with inventor, author, and futurist Ray Kurzweil—students study the use of exponential technology to address the world’s grandest challenges. At SU, we believe that the best way to create billions of dollars’ worth of value is to positively impact the lives
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