Information shaping has resulted in most not even knowing Davos exists.

I heard the new matrix doesn't try to hide, it's in your face gaslighting you and demoralizing you every time you observe it.

Who needs to conspire secretly when you can do it publicly, and then turn around and say it's not a conspiracy since it's out in the open?

Then it's not a conspiracy.

WEF/Davos is extensively reported on in mainstream media. And you can watch the talks and panels on their own YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@wef/videos

It’s the more exclusive private parties where the real influence is wielded. Like convincing Japan to give Negative Interest Rate Policies a go as an experiment to see if it would work for the rest of us.

Just listened to The Economist podcast that hyped them that CEOs and politicians can meet once every few months, thus saving lots of jet fuel from private jets. Why do they need to travel at all? Have we forgotten that most travels don't need to happen because we have that online meeting thing?

It was supposed to sound like a good thing, but it was out of context, so made me think, why even mention it, almost like they have an agenda to sell here.

I don't care about Davos one way or another, but I am sick of people trying to push online meetings in place of irl social events as "the same." A majority of people prefer to meet and socialize in person and it is going to stay that way for the foreseeable future.

Online meetings leave evidence.

"Look at that big conspiracy event where the date and location are known and it's all over the Internet!"

Why do some HNers think Davos is a secret gathering where evil is planned? If they really wanted to have a secret gathering, they can do it Jeffrey Epstein-style with private flights and zero fanfare (even US presidents manage to fly to Afghanistan without many people noticing), it shows your lack of imagination if you think the widely announced and publicized event is supposed to be a conspiracy gathering.

Well fortunately, any of us have the opportunity to get to a place where we can offer insight and contribute to the light winds that somewhat influence the global economy. When you have a role to play in that, maybe you’ll be invited. I hear the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting is a good time, if you are sad that you are missing out on something. As far as politicians, you might not like it, but we elect those politicians to represent us. So I am happy that they have a voice at these forums, even though sometimes that voice isn’t who I specifically wanted there.

What do you expect? A ticketed event for a price? Then you'll still moan about any rich douchebag being able to buy their way in. An "anyone can join" event? Then all the people with influence will just be busy because all their fans will want a selfie. The G7/8/20 is a forum where world leaders can have private conversations and maybe get other leaders to see things from their perspective and change their minds, what about doing the same with CEO's of big corps, who also run the world, whether you like it or not...

It's not like the WEF is super exclusive, I remember seeing a job offer from a small tech company who got bought for 10M Euro, I read about this company's history and found the founder's Facebook page. He had pictures of a prop plane, I think he spent some of the money learning to fly, and 2-3 pics where he's in Davos, including a blurry selfie of him standing in line for lunch at the WEF in front of Bill Clinton.

Remember like three weeks ago when the twitter files showed US congress texting and calling back and forth with the heads of major corporations? About how congress was polling in response to those corporations' actions and what they were both gonna do about it?

Yeah no one else does either.