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In defense of Davos, or at least its cosmopolitanism

• fixxer 10y ago
  If Davos vanished, would anything change? Help me understand how to see it as more than elitist, pseudointellectual BS.
  • type0 10y ago
    It would be okay I guess, we would still have Bilderberg meetings.
• Aelinsaar 10y ago
  The endless quest for self-importance continues I see.
• anotherarray 10y ago
  >I suspect either the elites or the explorers of today are better when it comes to understanding differing perspectives of gender, neurology, sexuality, race, age (should you beat your kids?), and a variety of other dimensions Sorry, but I don't find this to be compelling. "Elites of today" are also terrible long-term planners when you compare to most human history. If your innovation helps one generation and destroys all others, you're not that prominent or benevolent.
• Anon656g 10y ago
  > I suspect either the elites or the explorers of today are better when it comes to understanding differing perspectives of gender, neurology, sexuality, race, age, and a variety of other dimensions. With the exception of age, the modern elite opinion is these distinctions don't exist or exist only superficially, a perspective belied by their own demographics.
• forgottenpass 10y ago
  >It seems unfair to compare Davos sessions to some rather robust, historically important, top-of-the-line explorers. Virtually all sessions are boring, including or maybe even especially in the 19th or early 20th centuries. So is his argument that Davos is unimportant or is he waffling?