Comments on: Davos World Economic Forum http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/ Startup and Technology News Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:37:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: WEF 2.0 « Idea Factory http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1977136 WEF 2.0 « Idea Factory Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:33:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1977136 [...] The Question – What one thing do you think that countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008? [...] [...] The Question – What one thing do you think that countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008? [...]

]]> By: Zennie Abraham http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1934465 Zennie Abraham Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:13:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1934465 Hey Michael, I tried to upload my video before the end of the 21st and did, but then the YouTube Davos page system only showed the videos I had on my channel, except the one I made for the forum. It's this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vSy1xhC6gk Maybe by some miracle it will get in! Zennie Hey Michael, I tried to upload my video before the end of the 21st and did, but then the YouTube Davos page system only showed the videos I had on my channel, except the one I made for the forum. It’s this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vSy1xhC6gk

Maybe by some miracle it will get in!

Zennie

]]> By: Jose Miguel Cansado http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1933657 Jose Miguel Cansado Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:55:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1933657 Mr. Arrington, congratulations for making it to Davos, with the world economic elite!! My 50 cents to make the world a better place: Countries: Embrace freedom (free-trade, market economy and democracy) and fight corruption. Governments just need to deal with guaranteeing Competition, Health4all, Education4all, and Justice4all. Companies: Give-back. Invest in emerging countries for they are the markets of tomorrow, and your source for low cost. Be socially responsible. Individuals: Voice your ideas. Internet give us the tools to collectively fight injustice and pressure companies and countries to do it right. Mr. Arrington, congratulations for making it to Davos, with the world economic elite!!

My 50 cents to make the world a better place:
Countries: Embrace freedom (free-trade, market economy and democracy) and fight corruption. Governments just need to deal with guaranteeing Competition, Health4all, Education4all, and Justice4all.

Companies: Give-back. Invest in emerging countries for they are the markets of tomorrow, and your source for low cost. Be socially responsible.

Individuals: Voice your ideas. Internet give us the tools to collectively fight injustice and pressure companies and countries to do it right.

]]> By: The Simon George fund http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1933561 The Simon George fund Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:30:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1933561 This should be interesting. Hopefully effective. http://simongeorgeinc.googlepages.com This should be interesting. Hopefully effective.

http://simongeorgeinc.googlepages.com

]]> By: I Am Not Posting To Spam My Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1933519 I Am Not Posting To Spam My Blog Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:57:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1933519 The answer to the Davos question is very simple. All three should stop trying to shift their inherent and inalienable responsibilities to the other two. Countries (i.e. governments) need to stop trying to push "social responsibility" onto companies. The purpose of a company is to enrich its shareholders within the limits of the laws you set down. Making the country a fairer place is *your* job, for which you extract taxpayers' money at effective gunpoint. Companies need to stop trying to make it the government's responsibility whether they make money or not, instead of relying on their own innovation and business skills. End the lobbying, end the subsidies, end the pork, end the protectionism, end the corruption. Individuals need to stop pushing their individual responsibilities onto governments and companies. It's not McDonald's fault you spilt your coffee on yourself while driving. Passing more laws, installing more CCTV and removing more civil liberties will not protect you from crime and terrorism. If you don't like second-hand smoke, open the Yellow Pages and find somewhere that caters to a non-smoking crowd, instead of demanding that everyone runs their establishment according to your whims. Yes, I know they want a video. Sorry, I'm not Web 2.0 enough. If you must, run the above post through a text-to-speech program, close your eyes and imagine a spotty youth umming and ahing at you every other sentence. We invented writing to overcome the limitations of face-to-face communication, but there's VC money and headlines at stake, so all hail the techno-backsliding counter-revolution. The answer to the Davos question is very simple. All three should stop trying to shift their inherent and inalienable responsibilities to the other two.

Countries (i.e. governments) need to stop trying to push “social responsibility” onto companies. The purpose of a company is to enrich its shareholders within the limits of the laws you set down. Making the country a fairer place is *your* job, for which you extract taxpayers’ money at effective gunpoint.

Companies need to stop trying to make it the government’s responsibility whether they make money or not, instead of relying on their own innovation and business skills. End the lobbying, end the subsidies, end the pork, end the protectionism, end the corruption.

Individuals need to stop pushing their individual responsibilities onto governments and companies. It’s not McDonald’s fault you spilt your coffee on yourself while driving. Passing more laws, installing more CCTV and removing more civil liberties will not protect you from crime and terrorism. If you don’t like second-hand smoke, open the Yellow Pages and find somewhere that caters to a non-smoking crowd, instead of demanding that everyone runs their establishment according to your whims.

Yes, I know they want a video. Sorry, I’m not Web 2.0 enough. If you must, run the above post through a text-to-speech program, close your eyes and imagine a spotty youth umming and ahing at you every other sentence. We invented writing to overcome the limitations of face-to-face communication, but there’s VC money and headlines at stake, so all hail the techno-backsliding counter-revolution.

]]> By: Michael Arrington http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1933350 Michael Arrington Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:27:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1933350 pejman - good video! pejman - good video!

]]> By: window server hosting http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1933301 window server hosting Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:23:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1933301 The first attempt of Davos question was a good success, I hope this attempt will too dominate the discussion at the World Economic Forum. The first attempt of Davos question was a good success, I hope this attempt will too dominate the discussion at the World Economic Forum.

]]> By: Robert Scoble http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1933251 Robert Scoble Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:45:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1933251 Fake Steve Jobs: nah, Fast Company is paying for me to attend. I always fly business unless someone gives me a ride on their private jet. :-) Fake Steve Jobs: nah, Fast Company is paying for me to attend. I always fly business unless someone gives me a ride on their private jet. :-)

]]> By: pejman http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1933182 pejman Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:48:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1933182 this is my video: http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=469yvl_zeGw this is my video:
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=469yvl_zeGw

]]> By: Shafqat http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1933181 Shafqat Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:46:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1933181 Mike - its a great honor to participate in Davos, but a great responsibility too. There are a lot of people who would love to go there to get their voices heard, or atleast get an audience with people (from all walks of life) who can really make a difference. Enjoy it, but do let us know what it's like from the inside. I have to believe its more than just business forum. Good luck! -Shafqat (from Switzerland) Mike - its a great honor to participate in Davos, but a great responsibility too. There are a lot of people who would love to go there to get their voices heard, or atleast get an audience with people (from all walks of life) who can really make a difference. Enjoy it, but do let us know what it’s like from the inside. I have to believe its more than just business forum. Good luck!
-Shafqat (from Switzerland)

]]> By: Deborah Kaplan http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932960 Deborah Kaplan Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:00:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932960 Mike, Given that most of the conversation at Davos will be around how the world is going to deal with our carbon problem, tell Google that the best way for them to immediately reduce their emissions would be to give you a lift home. As you know private jet travel is most environmentally irresponsible forms of travel available. By having you on board they can reduce their emissions and be a good corporate citizen. A mid class Learjet produces around 5000 tones of co2/hour! You could offset your flight with Zerofootprint and be carbon neutral. Mike, Given that most of the conversation at Davos will be around how the world is going to deal with our carbon problem, tell Google that the best way for them to immediately reduce their emissions would be to give you a lift home. As you know private jet travel is most environmentally irresponsible forms of travel available. By having you on board they can reduce their emissions and be a good corporate citizen. A mid class Learjet produces around 5000 tones of co2/hour! You could offset your flight with Zerofootprint and be carbon neutral.

]]> By: marcy simon http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932900 marcy simon Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:46:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932900 Michael - u were great at the crunchies! Best video in a long time better than CES - dld is awesome come and see sean parker on the social panel at 9am tuesday - see you there and we can afterwards to talk about european technolgy innovation and entrepenuership davos is a blast too! Marcy Michael - u were great at the crunchies! Best video in a long time better than CES - dld is awesome come and see sean parker on the social panel at 9am tuesday - see you there and we can afterwards to talk about european technolgy innovation and entrepenuership davos is a blast too!
Marcy

]]> By: other http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932888 other Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:29:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932888 "Scoble, are you attending the burger king grand opening in Davos? i hope they’re paying for your first class flight!" lol also, girl at the beginning is a hottie “Scoble, are you attending the burger king grand opening in Davos? i hope they’re paying for your first class flight!”

lol

also, girl at the beginning is a hottie

]]> By: Mick Liubinskas http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932816 Mick Liubinskas Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:17:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932816 This is a great idea and a grand stage. We created a forum to talk about it more if anyone is interested; http://www.tangler.com/forum/davosconversation This is a great idea and a grand stage.

We created a forum to talk about it more if anyone is interested;

http://www.tangler.com/forum/davosconversation

]]> By: The Drama 2.0 Show http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932807 The Drama 2.0 Show Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:08:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932807 <strong>World Economic Forum Takes its Bullshit to YouTube...</strong> The World Economic Forum, “an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas,” is holding its annual meeting in Davos, ... World Economic Forum Takes its Bullshit to YouTube…

The World Economic Forum, “an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas,” is holding its annual meeting in Davos, …

]]> By: dishonestrealtor.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932775 dishonestrealtor.com Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:25:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932775 good job aarrrrrington. admin dishonestrealtor.com good job aarrrrrington.

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]]> By: ajadoniz http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932753 ajadoniz Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:55:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932753 Congrats, Arrington, take many pictures! Congrats, Arrington, take many pictures!

]]> By: Fake Steve Jobs http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932724 Fake Steve Jobs Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:35:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932724 Scoble, are you attending the burger king grand opening in Davos? i hope they're paying for your first class flight! :P Scoble, are you attending the burger king grand opening in Davos? i hope they’re paying for your first class flight!

:P

]]> By: Is Duncan Upset? http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932694 Is Duncan Upset? Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:10:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932694 why wouldn't Mike bring Duncan? I wonder how duncan feels if Mike rides Google Jet. I think he looks pissed off. why wouldn’t Mike bring Duncan?

I wonder how duncan feels if Mike rides Google Jet. I think he looks pissed off.

]]> By: Does this article upset Duncan http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932671 Does this article upset Duncan Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:02:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932671 Same Advice for startup. Never show your greatness feeling after flying overseas. This upsets Duncan. Same Advice for startup. Never show your greatness feeling after flying overseas. This upsets Duncan.

]]> By: John http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932653 John Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:50:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932653 I have to post my video response. As i have explained to you personally in Leweb3 Michael, THE power nowadays must come back to the people themselves. we have to start helping each other if we wish to enjoy a better life! Governments all over the world have failed to prepare a better future for this world. Companies just don't care...So what we really have to do is to start granting wishes each other. You remember? From user generated content to user Generated wish Granting? Is nt this cool? Is nt this easy? Its all about people and how much each other would like to help each other...Its like having Sergey granting your wish! So easy. And yes this could save the world.By one of us each time!Good Luck at Davos and i hope you live blog from there the crucial news and predictions!BTW if you miss Google jet you can enjoy some short vacations in Greece! You will enjoy ! I have to post my video response. As i have explained to you personally in Leweb3 Michael, THE power nowadays must come back to the people themselves. we have to start helping each other if we wish to enjoy a better life! Governments all over the world have failed to prepare a better future for this world. Companies just don’t care…So what we really have to do is to start granting wishes each other. You remember? From user generated content to user Generated wish Granting? Is nt this cool? Is nt this easy? Its all about people and how much each other would like to help each other…Its like having Sergey granting your wish! So easy. And yes this could save the world.By one of us each time!Good Luck at Davos and i hope you live blog from there the crucial news and predictions!BTW if you miss Google jet you can enjoy some short vacations in Greece! You will enjoy !

]]> By: ChrisW http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932618 ChrisW Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:29:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932618 @robert scoble Thanks mate. It must be pretty impressive if they need you to sign an NDA not to talk about it. Have fun over there .. oh, and I want a full description of the interior of the Swissair jet too! @robert scoble

Thanks mate. It must be pretty impressive if they need you to sign an NDA not to talk about it. Have fun over there .. oh, and I want a full description of the interior of the Swissair jet too!

]]> By: Rob Leathern http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932593 Rob Leathern Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:14:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932593 Hey Techcrunch ad guys - what's up with the Pansonsonic ad I see in the Techcrunch feed? Is it you guys or Feedburner doing that? Check out a screenshot at: http://leathern.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/pansonsonic.JPG Hey Techcrunch ad guys - what’s up with the Pansonsonic ad I see in the Techcrunch feed? Is it you guys or Feedburner doing that?

Check out a screenshot at:
http://leathern.com/wp-content.....nsonic.JPG

]]> By: Robert Scoble http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932556 Robert Scoble Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:53:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932556 ChrisW: the people who got a ride on the Google Jet last year signed an NDA, so if Mike gets a ride this year I doubt he'll be able to give many details. Me? I'm on Swissair to Davos tomorrow. ChrisW: the people who got a ride on the Google Jet last year signed an NDA, so if Mike gets a ride this year I doubt he’ll be able to give many details. Me? I’m on Swissair to Davos tomorrow.

]]> By: ChrisW http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932546 ChrisW Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:44:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/davos-world-economic-forum/#comment-1932546 Good luck with the Google jet flight. If you do manage to get on board we'll expect a full and detailed description of what the interior is like. Good luck with the Google jet flight. If you do manage to get on board we’ll expect a full and detailed description of what the interior is like.

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