One new reality is global interconnectivity and the fact that all challenges must be addressed on the basis of ‘togetherness.’ Thus the most crucial factor in accepting the new reality and confronting its opportunities and risks is our willingness to develop shared norms on all levels. Klaus Schwab Read Quote
Of course, technology is not an exogenous force over which humans have no control. We are not constrained by a binary choice between acceptance and rejection. Rather, the decisions we make every day as citizens, consumers, and investors guide technological progress. Klaus Schwab Read Quote
Technology is going to revolutionize almost every sector, leading to the demise of many traditional professions. Economic and political power will be determined less by a country’s size than by its technological superiority. Klaus Schwab Read Quote
Of all the many leaders I have met in the course of my life, none made a deeper impression on me than Nelson Mandela. His courage, compassion, humility and wisdom were without parallel on the world stage, and he himself was an enduring source of inspiration. Klaus Schwab Read Quote
Receiving an economic boost from the digital era is not a luxury – it is essential to ensuring that Europe continues to grow and deliver levels of prosperity that meet the rising expectations of its citizens. Klaus Schwab Read Quote
When the World Economic Forum was established in 1971, the global population was four billion, of which 50% lived in poverty. Klaus Schwab Read Quote
I like, very much, nature. Since I’m always together with people, I like to retreat. Klaus Schwab Read Quote
It was a hallmark of Nelson Mandela’s leadership that being open to change made him appear not weaker, but even stronger. Klaus Schwab Read Quote
Environmental pollution, terrorism, and many other global threats do not stop at borders. We all bear global responsibility and thus need a global identity to enable us to cope with them. We must learn to integrate different levels of identity in ourselves. What matters is not either/or, but both/and. Klaus Schwab Read Quote
