The World Economic Forum, arguably the most prestigious gathering of the world’s political, business and intellectual leaders (plus, absurdly, me and Robert Scoble), has officially opened at the tiny ski resort town of Davos, Switzerland. 2,500 attendees from 96 countries have flocked to the event this year, about 500 more than last year. And a record 40 heads of state are present as well. At least one rock star isn’t here this year, though.
The theme of this year’s event is “Shaping the Post-Crisis World,” and many of the dozens of sessions over the next few days are laser focused on the worldwide economic collapse.
There is a clear consensus among attendees that the worst is yet to come, and that we are facing the worst economic outlook of the last few generations. Some of the CEOs I’ve talked with (and most of the big company CEOs are here) are flat out scared about what kind of economic shock will hit them next. Part of being here, clearly, is to be around like minded people that they can commiserate with.
Many of the parties that I attended last year have been scrapped and replaced with more low key affairs – not because they cost so much money but just because they aren’t appropriate in such a somber atmosphere.
So far I’ve been camped out at the YouTube corner (post from last year), which the company wisely brought back this year.
As always there is a heavy emphasis on technology, entrepreneurship and new business models. I’m moderating four sessions over the next few days.
Tonight I am moderating a dinner session on “The Future of Entertainment.” Free content is a fact, whether it’s legal or not, and I’ll be talking to Paulo Coelho, Peter Gabriel, Jim Wiatt (William Morris) and others about how content owners can make a living in this new reality.
Tomorrow I’m moderating two sessions. The first is “Where will the Money Go?,” where Matt Bross (CEO BT Innovate), Bruce Golden (Accel), Yossi Vardi and others will discuss how startups might balance fast growth with the need to get cash flow positive. Later tomorrow I’ll be participating in a session on social computing and the enterprise along with Matt Cohler, Reid Hoffman, Robert Scoble, Jimmy Wales and others.
And then on Friday the big panel, one that I’m honored to moderate: The Next Digital Experience, with Chad Hurley, Craig Mundie, Shantanu Narayen, Mark Zuckerberg and Hamid Akhavan. This session will be live streamed and on the record.
I’ll be posting more over the course of the week, and you can watch my sporadic photo stream at posterous.
And for those of you who remember the drama last year, I’ve heard officially that once again, everyone but me will be flying home in style on the Google jet. Ah well, at least this year I booked a business class ticket.
“Many of the parties that I attended last year have been scrapped and replaced with more low key affairs – not because they cost so much money but just because they aren’t appropriate in such a somber atmosphere.”
“at least this year I booked a business class ticket.”
Ballmer had eggs tossed at him last fall. Bush had a shoe. Some of you think that was funny. Gates has had cream pies. And women are constantly throwing themselves at Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison.
I guess there was no spitting at Davos. That’s nice. Couple of points. It always surprises me that loser wimps stand around and do nothing when someone is accosted. I don’t like Ballmer, but if the guy next to me is egging him, that guy is going to the floor. And if I saw someone spit on anyone I knew, that guy would be clutching his sack for the next hour.
But I cannot understand the world of tekkies. They are such shitless wimps. They stand around like nothing happened, gazing mindlessly into cyberspace. I guess we first have to jail all the lawyers first. Then we can begin to re-educate the ones who failed to learn their lessons on the schoolground.
Buy your sons a daughters a pair of boxing gloves and teach them how to use them. You might save the world.
It looks like a mini United Nations with a better budget.
Ballmer had eggs tossed at him last fall. Bush had a shoe. Some of you think that was funny. Gates has had cream pies. And women are constantly throwing themselves at Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison.
I guess there was no spitting at Davos. That’s nice. Couple of points. It always surprises me that loser wimps stand around and do nothing when someone is accosted. I don’t like Ballmer, but if the guy next to me is egging him, that guy is going to the floor. And if I saw someone spit on anyone I knew, that guy would be clutching his sack for the next hour.
So I cannot understand the world of tekkies. They are such shitless wimps. They stand around like nothing happened, gazing mindlessly into space like babies at the supermarket. I guess we have to turn the tables and jail all the unethical litigators first. Then we can begin to re-educate the bullies who were never taught a lesson on the schoolground.
Buy your sons a daughters a pair of boxing gloves and teach them how to use them. You might save the world.
Yes, because more violence is clearly the answer.
Alex: Clearly more violence is not the answer to a pussy like you.
You would rather have other people keep the world save while you slide cautiously along the shadows of ignominy.
Looking forward to the videos…
are these the same prestigious political, business and intellectual leaders that helped f*** up the world economy?
imo, davos has become a prestigious circle jerk.
What I want to know is whether or not my husband John is there. Will someone please twitter me? I’m worried he and President Clinton might have taken a detour to Mitchell Brothers in SFO now that Scores NYC is closed.
Please. Someone help me help John.
Dave G. No, those people are long gone. This bunch is their replacement bumfuck squad. Unfortunately they have even more credentials and expensive wallpaper than the previous ones.
I’m not on the Google plane. I’m on United. Coach. $800 round trip. By the way, you should check out the video I did of you and Coelho at http://www.kyte.tv/scobleizer
“intellectual leaders (plus, absurdly, me and Robert Scoble”
One spat is all it took for modesty to show up. Bless that spat.
Inviting Zuckerburg and Hurley to the “Economic Forum”. No wonder the economy is hurting. Maybe invite someone next year who has earned some money for their company. Buffet & Welsh come to mind.
Buffet says Buy GE. BUY BUY BUY.
I agree…what does Zuckerberg know anything about world economic affairs? The only thing he is good at is bending investors over and screwing them.
Nowadays Zuck, Hurley, and the other “inexperienced” youngsters are just that: youth (for better or worse). But so what? Obviously they aren’t the Buffets or the Welchs of the world, but they have established themselves as the entrepreneurial leaders and de facto representatives of an entire generation and deserve to be present; at which point it’s just a matter of what you take away from their presence.
Michael,
Why are the comments turned off on your previous post? I definitely have comments to make on that post.
Jim
Perhaps he didn’t want to discuss it further?
Why not discuss it any further? Why not give his readers the forum to discuss this? I definitely don’t agree that anyone’s safety should be compromised and don’t agree with anything that has been done to him but why not give his readers the ability to discuss it? I stopped commenting on stories on most news sites because they get censored and the comments that fall within the “corporate stance” are the ones that are approved rather than the ones that question the journalist’s intentions but I never thought that a story on TechCrunch would be closed to comments. If Michael did not want any “constructive criticism” of his story, he should have simply stated that he is going on vacation. I am sure that many readers, such as me, have plenty to say about an important topic like that.
Well…
You can discuss it here on Seesmic. He has his right to what is on his blog.
http://seesmic....deos/gEfLwq4pqG
Well…
You can discuss it here on Seesmic. He has the right to what he wants on his blog.
http://seesmic....deos/gEfLwq4pqG
If you want to discuss it, there’s a healthy thread on Hacker News (over 130 comments already).
http://news.yco.../item?id=453514
Well, Jim, let’s think about this one for a second. Probably because he doesn’t care to hear anyone’s comments on that post.
Why duh?
Jim Z asked a perfectly valid question.
Mike has become a controversial and fairly well known figure in the ‘tech’ world. He posts about something vile that happened to him then takes his toys and goes home? It’s BS.
If he didn’t care for people’s comments, he shouldn’t have posted about what happened.
“he shouldn’t have posted”
why do people have such strong opinions about what he should and shouldn’t do with his own property. techcrunch does not belong to you and if the man doesn’t want comments open, he doesn’t want them open.
if you really feel the need to comment, write in your own blog and link back.
Kats, thanks for the support.
I have very strong feeling about the quality of writing on this blog and its downhill turn over the last several months. It is obvious that whoever was targeting Michael and his family also has strong feeling towards Michael. As I have said before, I do not wish harm to anyone and believe that whoever is doing this should be placed in jail over their action.
But the fact is that it is an important topic especially in this new media platform and one that should be discussed. I don’t see TechCrunch just starting a discussion on this and when I saw Michael’s post earlier, I was happy that someone was brave enough to write about this. But I was quickly disappointed when I saw that there are no comments allowed for that story. I only believe that the comments on that story would have given TechCrunch an insight into what people like or don’t like about this important and influential site. While the topic content is not something that any of us wants to experience, it is important to the blogging community as it highlights a very important issue which I am certain is tied to the writing and influence that this blog has on the tech world.
A month ago, Michael wrote a similar entry about exclusive news stories and also said that something had to change. I thought that the comments on that story were a good indicator of how readers thought about it. I believe that too often, the writers and editors do not really care about the comments and never really answer the reader’s comments or answers. Realistically, no-one can answer every single comment, but the reality is that many times, the comments can be grouped into groups of thoughts (Like all the people who believe that TechCrunch is essentially a Microsoft Hater). I believe that this blog and its editors would only benefit from discussions and not just points of views that are never refuted or answered.
I’ll keep reading this blog because I believe that it is a valuable source of information about an industry that I love. I also wish Michael a good vacation and hope that the security issues are resolved. But I would have still loved to read (and comment) on that story directly.
Davos is nothing but a luxurious vacation for people involved in economics and finance!
It’s once a year. How much work can be done at meetings that are ONCE a year ? ! During this crisis, it should be EVERY day until the crisis is over.
Like I said, its a vacation for economists, financial people, and for station media stars like Maria Bartiromo who get to buy special hats for the occasion.
You are an idiot if you think anyone is having a vacation here. I’m sleeping on a crappy bed in a cold location and have attended meetings from 7:30 a.m. until 8:30 p.m. If you think this is a vacation you need to have your head examined.
While I agree with you that it’s certainly not a vacation, you’re reaction is a bit strong. A lot of people there are genuinely interested in new ideas for shaping & improving the world and putting them into practice.
However, calling the previous commenter an idiot is equally absurd. His point (expressed poorly) was that not everyone is there for these genuine interests. Living in Geneva, I know many people who’ve been to and actively participated in Davos, and many do have poor experiences due to lack of actionable ideas coming out of the conference.
I think Davos is a good thing and you certainly aren’t having a vacation. That doesn’t mean people who criticize it are idiots. Perhaps they’re just not explaining their potentially valid very well?
I happen to think idiotic is not far off the mark when people suggest that these people should be holding this forum **every single day** instead of showing up at their jobs or something.
There is a time for talk and a time for action. The economy is not going to get talked out of a skid.
“How much work can be done at meetings that are ONCE a year?”
Twice as much as can be done at meetings that are twice a year, of course! (Seriously, I’m finally nearing the end of a 3 year public sector project which has involved monthly all-day meetings – where on some occasions, half the meeting was spent debating where to have the subsequent meetings!)
As Scoble’s pointed out already, it’s certainly no vacation for him – although I must admit I feel some envy at anyone who gets to fly business class…
This Friday live streamed big panel with ex. Zuckerberg and Hurley can be watched on World Economic Forum official live webcast internet tv: http://www.weforum.org/videos and check also http://tvnewsra....php?topic=97.0
Obama’s War on Prosperity isn’t going to help. Well, I guess the Socialists like it.
Yeah, because that whole [PRIVATIZE & DEREGULATE EVERYTHING; FREEDOM FRIES, BABY!] thing worked like a freaking charm.
Obama has already had achieved more progress for the US (and the world) in this last week than Bush could ever do in a lifetime — just by acting to rescind some of Bush’s policies. Regulation and the rule of law is being established again, bit by bit. That will restore the economy. That’s because trust is everything. Trust and regulation is the backbone of /commerce./
“Trust” is such a big word to use when describing an entity whose only vehicle is force.
Zx, your listening to NPR too much. How was “everything” deregulated?
Some of the things that I suspect you are complaining about (mortgages, banking, etc) were caused by bad regulation. Regulating the banks to sell mortgages to people who didn’t deserve them was a big problem.
It especially became a big problem with low interest rates, but nevertheless, it was Democrats who came up with the ideas and Democrats who fought reform. Bush tried reforming it five years ago. (http://query.ny...agewanted=print)
Barney Frank and Chris Dodd should have been frog marched to jail over their roles. And look at Fannie Mae – full of Democrats.
So don’t blame “deregulation”.
Hey Mike – You at Davos (or the readers) may be able to help me get an idea on the economic crisis to Obama. I’ll try to be as concise as possible. The current stimulus package at best might provide a softer landing but recovery will be drug out likely over many years. Neither tax cuts or swapping in construction jobs will actually “stimulate” the economy. I have a somewhat radical idea, but one which I feel if economic experts looked at could debate its merits: The government takes some or all of the 800 billion and, with an appraiser, buys much of the distressed housing for sale. This stops housing market decline. Next, the government sets up an agency to sell these homes to citizens at very easy terms since they are not trying to profit (although our national debt could benefit). They could even do 30yr at 0-3% interest. This has a stimulating effect because buyers will have monthly disposable income left over. Banks are now forced to compete and relax their lending terms as well – and credit unfreezes. This strategy gives our world-leading Keynesian economy something far more beneficial than temporary jobs and smoother roads: credit.
related: http://www.sfga.../MN9O15H6BT.DTL
Also, in re: “Some things need to change” I suggest a personal disconnect from the blog (or at least the illusion) becoming executive only and removing all public name association (post tip: nom de guerre).
“Next, the government sets up an agency to sell these homes to citizens at very easy terms since they are not trying to profit”
Newsflash: Profits are what drive efficiency.
I´ll buy a used car from you anytime.
Warren Buffet earns money by schmoozing Dems. He’s every bit as much the product of nepotism as those he rails against so he ans his fans can KMA.
Dave G. is exactly right: These are the vaunted ‘Illuminati’ that run the world (into the ground).
I hope Al Qaeda pays them a visit. It’d do us worker-ants a favor.
WTF?
Yeah, dude.. WTF?
I think I need to call the FBI on your sorry ass.
Essentially, the headline on the davos website is
” Participants at the opening session of the Annual Meeting 2009 agreed that the global crisis, as well as holding great risks for the world economy, may genuinely have political consequences.”
This is the best that the most “prestigious gathering of world’s political, business and intellectual leaders ” can come up with ?!
At least post some sort of plan, progress, or action items ?
What’s the point of having scoble and arrington (essentially bloggers) if there is no blogging or critical insight to report back?
In a time of world economic crisis, is this the best that can be done?
DEAR MICHAEL ARRINGTON
Was interesting reading your spat in the face post.. too bad no commenting there.. so I put it here.
To be honest.. maybe its time to reflect a little bit on yourself… It’s always the others.. have you ever thought that it would help to run your enterprise a bit differently.
For example stuff like this- ok someone screwed up made a few comments they probably thought was private..:
http://www.tech...ose-on-skygrid/
No news value, you write an entire post about it, while ruining someones life for ever… Then even reposting after they closed it down… it is just not a very smart thing to do karma wise. And to be frank you do a lot of that stuff. For some sick reason you get a kick out of it, but it destroys people…. it destroys careers…
I just feel sorry. We all fuck up every now and then, but having a blog with a million readers, post it … is wrong.
Same thing with your conference appearances, you tend to offend a lot of people.. and then you wonder why some people are upset.
I know its a way to create traffic, but seriously is it worth it? Reading your spat-in-the-face post… I think it’s not, and it shows.
Personally I’d love to see you stop doing the ruin-someone-s life thing, people do crazy stuff when everything is taken from them. You have a lot of power, but power also requires responsibility.
I think you’ll find that life will be much more pleasant, for you as well as your victims by adding a bit more style, focus on businesses and ideas, and technology and stop going after the little employee, ruining their life with your million readers… because u never know what you gonna get.. and some might not be satisfied with spitting in your face… all you need is to hit weirdo… which seems to have happened in the past.
Anyway just my 2 cents….
Nobs…I couldnt’ agree with you more.
Excellent post.
Did I really read that correctly? You speak about Karma?!
Let me tell you about Karma. When a person takes a job, underperforms and gets fired, that’s life. When that person decides to disregard the truth (ie, that they are an incapable moron and did not deserve a penny of salary for their time with the company) and instead starts to defame the company, they deserve every bit of rage that comes raining down on them.
And in this era of the web and blogs, that person should recognize that punishment for misdeeds like that will no longer fall below the radar. The world will know….immediately. So think twice before you try to make an issue of something in a public forum, especially if you can’t back it up. Because it will come back and bite you hard in the ass.
As far as I am concerned, you example speaks for itself and shows how you are a hypocrite. You want all the good that the web offers you, but you don’t want to take any responsibility. Mike accepts the good and the bad, and as a modern-day journalist (in my book, that’s what he is), he knows it’s a slippery slope and is careful all the time about what he writes.
Fact is, Parker was an under-performing idiot, who should have accepted it and moved on. I infer from your email you also don’t have a clue about the competitive world of Silicon Valley. There is no room here for losers or complainers or 9-to-5′ers. You work hard, you play hard. It’s a meritocracy and you better accept it ’cause it won’t adapt to you. Parker decided to raise all hell and deserved the acid that rained down on her. It’s all her doing. Nobody else’s, and definitely not Mike’s.
So please, spare us the rhetoric and cut out blaming Mike. After all, as far as I see it, he’s only the messenger, having taken on that role (clearly at his own peril) in a modern world to fill the increasing void left by the incompetent, politically inclined and twisted old-day press.
Needless to say…..I’ll miss you Mike! Hope you enjoy (or at least make the most of) the much deserved time off and I hope you’ll come back to us soon.
D.
“You have a lot of power, but power also requires responsibility”
I think you’ve watched Spiderman one too many times.
Davey
Have you ever complained to anyone about your job? have you ever communicated something you didnt like, maybe you had a bad day, maybe you woke up on the wrong side of the bed… anyway whatever it is I don’t see why it is your business to give HER ALL THE RAGE SHE DESERVES… WHY SHE SHOULD BE PUNISHED with your Mio readers.. why do you care.
Also your cut throat silicone valley argument, no place for whiners.. look life is not black and white, and what you perceive as how the valley is is not how others do. And most of the ones that make it are NOT cut throat.. and probably the reason why you are still at the bottom of the food chain and I am not. Because the ones on top realize that its about team work…
Things have a tendency to get back to you. The way you act is the way things get back to you. And if you are cut throat, that’s what happens to you. If you ruin someones life.. life has a way where things get back to you.
You might not understand this now but someday you will. You reap what you sow. And honestly I don’t blame him.. I don’t agree with him which I’ll let known in my comments but he is free to do what he wants.
However if he is complaining and whining about all these freak accidents the answer to those is probably in how he behaves and what he sows… I personally don’t think it’s worth the pain… that’s what my post was about.
And the time off thing it bothered me not the least… if you’d know a little something about technology you’d know that… but again probably another reason why you are at the bottom of the pecking order…
Maybe time to change your attitudes.. if you ever want to make it somewhere…
In following the conference online through the webcasts I am amazed about how the panel members or questions from the attendees all focus on how we got here (and how easily it was dissected), but that no one was able to see it coming.
I hope as an outcome of this conference principles or guidelines are proposed that will help prevent this sort of blind greed and subsequent collapse again.
And what sort of despotic measures do you advocate to prevent an excess of desire (greed)?
It was comforting to read that @JuliaAllison had arrived. All will be right with the world’s economy soon.
I like some of these comments. While people fly business class to a ski resort to console each other, the people who were hit hardest by the economic crisis are still buckled down, fighting their way through. I for one felt the full impact of the economic downturn in 08, and instead of sulking about it, I wiped the spit away and entered 09 with a positive, “go down fighting” attitude. People around me, the real entrepreneurs out there, all seem to have that same edge. That’s where the recovery will come from. Hard core business. Not spit. Not cocktails at the lodge before dinner with bigwigs.
Nobs: kiss Arrington’s ass. No one deserves to be spat on. Only Arrington has brass balls big enough to even continue to stay at the conference and continue to publish great content. Sorry for the poor language, but this makes me angry.
Well my opinion is not that he deserved it.
There are a number of posts I simply don’t agree with…. with a 1 mio user blog u have power and a responsibility that comes with it and if you read some of the stuff… like blowing up a lower level’s employee’s twitter feeds, and even reposting it even after she removed it.. is wrong. And I stay with that. The item in question had absolutely no news value and other then ruining someone’s life did nothing.
And there are at least 4 other cases in the past where they did the same thing. It’s simply wrong. my point is if you keep doing this stuff don’t be surprised if people get upset… same is true with his behavior at some conferences. if you create debate and insult people it will get back to haunt you. And the only way to fight that is to stop doing that.. as simple as that, and that was my suggestion.
Is someone forcing you to read TechCrunch? If you don’t like the tone, read a different blog.
You being offended by someone does not give you the right to assault them. If you think the content is so bad, hit unsubscribe on your feed reader and move on with your life.
Worst is yet to come? What are others expecting?
worst than crashing economies i guess… let’s brace for the next deafening crash.
anyway, i love WE Forum, but what i notice is that gathering of big minds and huge pockets doesn’t solve our economic problems because at the end of the day or even up to the next year’s WE Forum, they can’t still find solutions [if there is ever one] to our economic woes.
congratulations on your moderatorship mr. arrington! i’d love to watch some videos online.
Hey Michael,
Really sorry to hear about the incident in Germany…That really is a shame.
I love your website and have been a daily reader since 2005. I think what you do for the enterpreneurs and start ups is fantastic and I really hope this doesn’t disuade you from continuing to do what you do.
I guess with more money(growth) comes more problems. Just like Notorious B.IG. said. LOL don’t mean to make jokes, but with your increased exposure and your ability to really shed light on these emerging start up companies, this type of rash behavior can be expected to some degree.
I only hope that these moronic few who have shaken your confidence in humanity don’t prevent your great Technology blog and column from continuing to be our daily read and source of Web2.0 information.
Cheers!
Brent
Michael,
I think it is entirely appropriate your other post is closed to comments.
THAT’S THE WHOLE POINT!!
People, the whole point is he’s sick of the obnoxious comments, so why would he, on a post saying that, open himself up to more abuse?
It doesn’t require a sophisticated discussion: an alarmingly high number of commenters are way out of line with personal attacks, they’re a bunch of vicious geek know-it-alls. They need to stop, but of course they won’t.
I think you don’t get it.. there are tons of blogs out there, many larger then T$, where the authors don’t have any problems.
Rather then blaming it on everyone else my point is that it would make sense to do a little self reflection. And quite frankly if you take a close look I can see how people get upset. Not by reporting news, but by posts that specifically target and ruin individuals (look at todays twit story), posts/presentations that put down entire nations (leWeb). Zero News value, nothing to gain, other then pissing people off.
I think by taking the enterprise a bit to a higher level, don’t bother with the dirt, low level employee stuff, write about companies and don’t ruin lifes, stay focused and on topic, and most importantly have respect. Just read through his posts and I can gladly give you a list of them.. and you’ll see what I mean.
If you want to send messages of support to Michael, why not email him direct. I’m sure he still checks his email. Try editor@techcrunch.com for a start!
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So, why don’t they want you in their jet?
I am very excited to learn that Robert Scoble and you, Michael Arrington to represent Silicon Valley and Tech Industry in this historic critical times.
You and Robert have the insights, heart and soul to speak up for startups and developers.
It is very critical that Silicon Valley remain to be competitive and innovative and remain to be the best places to work.
We lost a sizable talents in software engineering and developers back in Web 1.0 burst. They left the field completely. We can’t afford to lose another pool of talents if Silicon Valley wants to grow up and lead the technology.
Massive of layoffs will become a growing cancer for the health of Silicon Valley. World leaders should consider complete package or policy that would encourage businesses to hire again. Significant tax cut for a single year won’t help spending and hiring freeze. Hiring will allow more spending from consumers driving other markets to recover.
Mike, you wrote on your blog post that “…or being spat on by some unhappy European entrepreneur we didn’t write about.”
I hope you don’t jump to conclusions that just because you were in Europe the dude who spat you was European, because Davos is an intl event, as you’ve written, and I think much of your readership is in the states.
Also, the previous troubles you’ve had with nutters were U.S. based, so I would rather assume that some geographically closer to you did the deed.
I agree that it would be hasty to conclude the person was European. If anything i would go so far as to say it is more in line with aggressive, wtf -type of behaviour often encountered in the States.
“Shaping the Post Crisis World”?? You have got to be kidding me.
The crisis is only unfolding now and presumably these are members of the same brain trust that “shaped” the world before the crisis–but didn’t see it coming?
The audacity is jaw-dropping.
Sorry for cross post comment, your spit episode in Germany is very similar to shoe throw incident with Bush in Iraq. You could have mentioned that in your blog.
p.s. Both the incidents i mentioned above are criminal offenses.
OMG, I know that you closed the comment option on your “spat on” post, but I just have to say that I’m shocked that someone would do that to you. I look to this site to apprise me of the latest reliable info. Were these people identifiable and did they possibly have a history with you personally at all? I’m appalled… I hope that you and your family are OK. If these peeps had problems with you personally, they should have let you know what their gripe was. It’s just very unnecessarily bold of these folks to do such a thing. Hang in there, bud.
Take care of yourself and try to enjoy Davos. Your insights are always welcome. Life is short.
Sorry..but Davos has got to be the most useless, overhyped event for masturbatory backstroking to ever take place.
Seriously, all these powerful, influential people gathering in one of the most affluent and expensive corners of the earth – and what have they accomplished together? – nothing.
I used to think that this was one the most exciting events in the world. Now it’s just a disgusting display of excess and of how people with influence squander their time on earth.
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