Is technology humanizing? For Peter Diamandis the answer is a resounding yes. "We're living as emperors and kings would have lived 100 years ago and we take it for granted," he tells Big Think.

Is the Earth maxed out, or should we be optimistic abut being able to solve our future? At TED2012 last week, Paul Gilding made the case for the former, and Peter Diamandis argued for the latter. And then: they debated onstage. Watch the video above to find out what happened.

Watch the original TEDTalks:

Paul Gilding: The Earth is full -- http://exponentialtimes.net/videos/paul-gilding-earth-full

Peter Diamandis: Abundance is our future -- http://exponentialtimes.net/videos/peter-diamandis-abundance-our-future

Vishen Lakhiani talks about "Abundance", a new book by Peter Diamandis, which he truly believes is the most important book of the decade and a book which will impact the future of the world in amazing ways.

Can a Masai Warrior in Africa today communicate better than Ronald Reagan could? If he's on a cell phone, Peter Diamandis says he can.

Onstage at TED2012, Peter Diamandis makes a case for optimism -- that we'll invent, innovate and create ways to solve the challenges that loom over us. "I'm not saying we don't have our set of problems; we surely do. But ultimately, we knock them down."

Peter Diamandis tells Ali Velshi that he believes every problem can be solved given the right people, technology and capital.

This video was inspired from reading an early version of Peter Diamandis' and Steven Kotler's new book ABUNDANCE. - http://www.abundancethebook.com/2012/02/2148/

Jeff Walker interviews Peter Diamandis about his book "Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think"

Peter Diamandis, Chairman of X PRIZE Foundation and Singularity University, speaks about his new book Abundance - The Future is Better Than You Think (co-written with Science Journalist Steven Kotler), and the four emerging forces (exponential technologies, DIY innovators, technophilanthropists and the rising billion) that are making our world better at an accelerating rate.

Chairman/CEO of X PRIZE Foundation on what's driving the next generation of innovation.