Our Kids’ Future

There are a lot of doomsday people. It sells magazines. It sells newspapers. It sells on T.V. and in the movies. Unfortunately, our minds pay rapt attention to the doom and gloom because we are wired from birth to stay alert to danger.

Sure, we have some short-term problems, some of them serious enough, but they will be solved. I don’t believe all the progress we have enjoyed in the last 100 years will reverse — I believe progress will accelerate. I don’t believe we will run out of energy — I believe we will have abundant energy and that the price of Kilowatts will actually go down. We won’t destroy capitalism with too many regulations — and sooner than later, Washington will remember that a strong private sector is critical to having a strong country. We won’t abandon our seniors without income or medical care. Our country will not be destroyed by socialism, excessive taxation, terrorists, or even nuclear-tipped rogue nations. I don’t believe that my kids will live in a world that runs out of oil while the polar caps melt, flooding vast parts of an Earth that is too hot to bear from all the smog. We are not about to get hit by some huge asteriod.  I believe my kids will have a longer, better life than I will have — no matter if we are talking about health, opportunity, or wealth.

Here is a 15 minute presentation from Peter Diamandis that shines the light on our future of abundance, not scarcity — optimism, not pessimism. Peter is the founder and chair of the X Prize Foundation, a nonprofit whose mission is simply “to bring about radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity.” By offering a big cash prize for a specific accomplishment, the X Prize stimulates competition and excitement around some of the planet’s most important goals.

I believe.

I.M. Optimism Man