Gary Fong/Genesis Photos X Prize Foundation creator Peter Diamandis

Entrepreneur and X Prize Foundation creator Peter Diamandis says that popular misconceptions aside, the world has never been in better shape and that it is going to get even better, thanks to an unprecedented wave of technological innovation that will sweep the globe over the next 20 or 30 years. He is “pissed” that people don’t get that, he said Monday night during the opening session of the first annual CIO Journal conference.