The world can live without Davos: Society needs to listen to new voices

Davos Man may have just missed the opportunity to retire gracefully.

The globetrotting executive’s favorite Alpine talking shop has been postponed until early next summer, with organizers settling for a smaller-scale digital alternative in the usual January slot. They are right to say there is an urgent need for the world to reset after the social and economic ravages of a pandemic. Whether the World Economic Forum is the right venue to draw that path to recovery is more questionable. If nothing else, 2020 has shown just how much society needs to listen to new voices. It’s also the Davos