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Let’s talk about…DAVOS 2026

Yesterday saw the opening ceremony of the 2026 edition of the World Economic Forum’s annual summit in Davos. The first under the leadership of incoming co-chairman Larry “BlackRock” Fink.

This years “themes” are:

  1. How can we cooperate in a more contested world?
  2. How can we unlock new sources of growth?
  3. How can we better invest in people?
  4. How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?
  5. How can we build prosperity within planetary boundaries?

…which all sounds rather blah, doesn’t it?

Outside these main themes, a browse through the topics menu will toss out repeated references to a couple of things: “regaining trust” which they’ve been talking about for years, and AI. Lots and lots of AI.

Regarding the former, the refrain is so tired I’m starting to think it’s almost coded language for something else. Regarding the latter, the intention seems to be to encourage both reliance on AI and fear of it. We can talk more about that as the week progresses.

Davos is always brilliant, the richest people in the world get together and listen to academic talks with titles like “Do Poor People Really Need ALL Their Organs?” or “How Sleep-Replacement Tech is Boosting Worker Efficiency”, then go off and eat a Michelin-starred lunch and never consider for a second they might be everything that’s wrong with the world.

But within that Hunger Games-like horror-decadence there is usually something interesting, early warning signs for the agenda down the road.

I haven’t seen anything new in that line, so far.

Maybe they’re being more cryptic than usual, or me more plodding in my pattern recognition. Or maybe they’ve noted the rather predictable potential downside of the revelation of the method.

That said, there are few titles of note that might be worth watching.

Given the recent announcements re: moon landings and (potential) aliens, “Beyond Earth – The Next Space Race” (Jan 22nd) might be an interesting listen.

And if you’re not slightly concerned by “Food @the edge”, which promises to discuss how “bold innovations will redefine the consumer experience, making food systems smarter, more sustainable and more equitable”, then you haven’t been paying attention.

But the most chilling title is the simply “Can We Afford Longevity?”

Oh Davos, never change.

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jubal hershaw
jubal hershaw
Jan 20, 2026 10:35 PM

What’s listed on the Off-the-record Agenda:
‘How’s our war against Russia going ?’
‘How’s our genocide in the ME going ?
‘How’s our uprising in Iran going ?’
‘How’s our plans for the Next Global Pandemic going ?’
‘Is Real Estate Salesman Tony Blair a good pick as Viceroy ?’
‘How do we make money from cows that use brooms to scratch an itch ?’

Captain Birdheart
Captain Birdheart
Jan 20, 2026 10:57 PM
Reply to  jubal hershaw

‘How’s our mind been controlled since birth’ ?

Captain Birdheart
Captain Birdheart
Jan 20, 2026 10:34 PM
Scoobis
Scoobis
Jan 20, 2026 10:04 PM

Don’t give a fuck about Davis…never have, never will!

Clutching at straws
Clutching at straws
Jan 20, 2026 10:15 PM
Reply to  Scoobis

Problem is, they DO give a fuck about you –

and not in a good way –

And it’s their ball.

Rolling Rock
Rolling Rock
Jan 20, 2026 9:40 PM

While the world’s media attention is drawn to the talking shop in Davos, the attendees are enjoying the diverse range of high class hookers from across Europe along with copious amounts of marching powder and crates of Cristal.

The alt-media will be hanging onto every word spoken or written in the hope of a “gotcha” moment, yet the prison walls of Agenda 21 and Agenda 30 continue to be laid down brick by brick. All quietly and diligently by the witting and unwitting enablers working in local goverment town halls across the world.

It is a classic look over there distraction rather than look at what has and still is going on under our noses.

Captain Birdheart
Captain Birdheart
Jan 20, 2026 9:50 PM
Reply to  Rolling Rock

It is aclassic
moon nose
distractract
kids

Scoobis
Scoobis
Jan 20, 2026 10:05 PM
Reply to  Rolling Rock

The walls they meant for us will be those behind which they will perish…

Darren
Darren
Jan 20, 2026 10:16 PM
Reply to  Rolling Rock

quite. alt-media should know better but then again, that’s not what alt-media (the sort that can afford to go to davos in the hope of an impossible ‘gotcha’ moment) is for, is it?

i will be banging this drum consistently this year, and next year, and the one after, if it’s not all over by then:

it doesn’t matter what the rulers are doing – you KNOW what they are doing and there is no way to stop it.

So what should you be doing? Aside from speaking to people in the real world and setting up a little stall in town for a couple of hours every week to hep sow seeds and open eyes, those that are fully aware of the evil plans of the rulers should mostly be busy making plans to survive and carry on outside of the gov-corp system – a personal local black market of producers and suppliers you can trade with, and a way to put food on your table and logs on your fire, etc.

Everything else is a distraction so that you don’t do either or preferably both of those things. The big organisations with the co-ordinated printed placards, the ones that get tv airtime and organise the large protests and marches not organised by ordinary local people – they are there to stop real activists doing those things. Local outreach, personal self-reliance and network building are what we ought to be doing with our spare activist time.

Use every event there is to talk the hard truths set out above. There is no stopping the train that is coming. There is only switching over the tracks and making sure we have a safe place to land when we jump off. We will be fine as long as there are enough of us to form an economy.

Peace.

Captain Birdheart
Captain Birdheart
Jan 20, 2026 9:30 PM

Panic in the struts of Davos
i wonder to myself, could it ever be the same again,
Hopes may rise, in the great sphere,
but honey pie, yer not safe here,
It says othing to me about my life.

Rolling Rock
Rolling Rock
Jan 20, 2026 9:16 PM

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

How can we better invest in people?

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

How can we build prosperity within planetary boundaries?

The answer to all of the above – that they’re thinking but don’t say out loud – is “Less useless eaters”.

Even David Beckham got an invite this year, I guess someone has a hand shoved up his arse like a sock puppet with a script for him to read with nice simple words or pictures.

What a circus.

Captain Birdheart
Captain Birdheart
Jan 20, 2026 9:12 PM

The Dome, prove that there is not one, maybe.

rickypop
rickypop
Jan 20, 2026 8:59 PM

Let’s not bother.

Let’s talk about bringing down those who attend Davos.

Clutching at straws
Clutching at straws
Jan 20, 2026 8:57 PM

The options in politics are fairly simple:

Turd baguette or shit sandwich.

Of course, the more bread you have, the less shit you have to eat.

In UK, we have four colours of sauce to make your meal more palatable depending on your taste !

Yum !

Jerry Alatalo
Jerry Alatalo
Jan 20, 2026 8:36 PM

Terms you will not hear referenced at Davos 2026 include totalitarian dictatorship technocracy, wicked transhumanism, ruthless neurowarfare, central bank digital currency slavery, deadly nanotech-drenched mRNA injections, and highest-level gaslighting.

Captain Birdheart
Captain Birdheart
Jan 20, 2026 8:36 PM
Captain Birdheart
Captain Birdheart
Jan 20, 2026 9:00 PM

ALL EYES ON/OFF THE MOON

I’m not drunk

Captain Birdheart
Captain Birdheart
Jan 20, 2026 9:05 PM

johnny sleepy-time