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Le Grand récit: Pour un avenir meilleur
The Great Narrative is a guide for anyone seeking to better understand how the world has evolved since the pandemic started and what solutions can make us more resilient, equitable and sustainable.
The book recognizes that the problems for which we collectively must find solutions are both major and manifold. Vital issues abound: economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal and technological. But solutions do exist and are within our grasp. The Great Narrative proposes some hopeful and inspiring narratives around them. In that sense, it is an optimistic book that categorically rejects the negativity that permeates too many doomsday narratives ready to consign us to a future of oblivion. It asserts that human creativity, ingenuity and innate sociality will prevail, and it offers a comprehensive framework to explain why.
Professor Klaus Schwab is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum. He is a life-long advocate of “stakeholder capitalism”, the author of various books, including The Fourth Industrial Revolution , and the co-author (with Thierry Malleret) of the international best-seller COVID-19: The Great Reset . Thierry Malleret is the Managing Partner of The Monthly Barometer, a succinct predictive newsletter that also provides tailor-made research to its subscribers. He has written several business and academic books and published four thrillers.
The book recognizes that the problems for which we collectively must find solutions are both major and manifold. Vital issues abound: economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal and technological. But solutions do exist and are within our grasp. The Great Narrative proposes some hopeful and inspiring narratives around them. In that sense, it is an optimistic book that categorically rejects the negativity that permeates too many doomsday narratives ready to consign us to a future of oblivion. It asserts that human creativity, ingenuity and innate sociality will prevail, and it offers a comprehensive framework to explain why.
Professor Klaus Schwab is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum. He is a life-long advocate of “stakeholder capitalism”, the author of various books, including The Fourth Industrial Revolution , and the co-author (with Thierry Malleret) of the international best-seller COVID-19: The Great Reset . Thierry Malleret is the Managing Partner of The Monthly Barometer, a succinct predictive newsletter that also provides tailor-made research to its subscribers. He has written several business and academic books and published four thrillers.
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February 23, 2022
If you want to know how evil people imagine the future. The climate scam, the scandemic and the new CBDC/"social credit" bankster money. Its all there. I used to think conspiracies are always hidden, but here is Klaus Swab of WEF writing a book about it.
March 12, 2022
It reminds me of books and speeches from early communism time. If we don't act, we die. Inequality, riches, etc. We must act now. If we act and change the world order from shareholder capitalism to stakeholde capitalism (aka communism), the great future is ahead of us.
However, it fails to mention the price.
And apparently, it would be freedom. And that's only part of it.
Brrr... It's a very scary book.
However, it fails to mention the price.
And apparently, it would be freedom. And that's only part of it.
Brrr... It's a very scary book.
October 24, 2022
Klaus Schwab, currently the world's most dangerous man, writes a communist manifesto 2.0 for the 21.st century.
The world is ending in ~80 years (the global average temperature is about to skyrocket by 1.5-2°C, ice age wasn't scary enough), so now we have to dismantle the complete Western civilization, eat ze bugz, live in a pod and stop having children. Everyone takes a 3rd world family in his home-pod, and homosexuality gives bonus social credit score. Also everyone has to be equal. That means equally miserable, since it's hard to make lazy people productive, or stupid people smart. Not like these failed ideas have ever been tried, and ended in mass murder and starvation, right?
Anyone remembers voting for this? I don't.
Nevermind, "they" have penetrated ze cabinets and apparently have their little Manchurian Candidates all over the Western governments who know what's best for us and are following the agenda down to a t. The manlet globalist banker, the horse-faced evil witch lady, the handsome illegitimate son of a communist dictator, the Stasi frau, the former KBG agent turned dictator. It's like a lineup of Austin Powers villains holding the World to ransom. FIRE THE LASER!
But what if I don't want to? Well, you're cancelled then! No work for you. Your Goldman Sachs banking implant running on Windows-19 has been disabled. But I am my own boss?! Then you get chokeholded by government regulation, taxes, more taxes and carbon taxes. And uncle Klaus sicks the angry state approved useful idiot purple haired antifa zoomer climate activists on your ass. I'm not kidding, the sentence "The companies that do not comply to social pressure will suffer the wrath of climate activists" is in the book.
The guy has a massive hardon on China's authoritarian surveilance "capitalism", glorifies collectivism, supranational institutions of self declared elites that don't answer to anyone, idiotic zero covid policies (which fucked up the supply chain on purpose), money printing (hello inflation), while simultaneously being butthurt about freedom, free market capitalism and individualism. Everytime he mentions USA you can feel him seething, like a B-movie vampire seeing a cross. He loved Biden's 6uild 6ack 6etter plan though.
Guy even sees himself smarter than Milton Friedman, the 1976 Nobel prize winner. "He was wrong, and I was right, but historically I was too early!!! To smart for you all!!!!", the hubris of this guy.
All in all, this book is a retarded pamphlet of magical thinking, absolutely not a single mention of a HOW the transition to carbon neutral green energy future utopia should be achieved.
"The technologies needed will be invented" (governments being the leaders in inovation, I'm not joking, he really wrote that).
Ok, what if they won't be in time, or at all?
"By the 2050. we should have technology Y X and Z that will solve EVERYTHING".
But what if something goes wrong?
*crickets chirping*
Can't wait for the next book in the series. Will it be titled The Great War, The Great Depression or The Great Purge, remains to be seen.
The world is ending in ~80 years (the global average temperature is about to skyrocket by 1.5-2°C, ice age wasn't scary enough), so now we have to dismantle the complete Western civilization, eat ze bugz, live in a pod and stop having children. Everyone takes a 3rd world family in his home-pod, and homosexuality gives bonus social credit score. Also everyone has to be equal. That means equally miserable, since it's hard to make lazy people productive, or stupid people smart. Not like these failed ideas have ever been tried, and ended in mass murder and starvation, right?
Anyone remembers voting for this? I don't.
Nevermind, "they" have penetrated ze cabinets and apparently have their little Manchurian Candidates all over the Western governments who know what's best for us and are following the agenda down to a t. The manlet globalist banker, the horse-faced evil witch lady, the handsome illegitimate son of a communist dictator, the Stasi frau, the former KBG agent turned dictator. It's like a lineup of Austin Powers villains holding the World to ransom. FIRE THE LASER!
But what if I don't want to? Well, you're cancelled then! No work for you. Your Goldman Sachs banking implant running on Windows-19 has been disabled. But I am my own boss?! Then you get chokeholded by government regulation, taxes, more taxes and carbon taxes. And uncle Klaus sicks the angry state approved useful idiot purple haired antifa zoomer climate activists on your ass. I'm not kidding, the sentence "The companies that do not comply to social pressure will suffer the wrath of climate activists" is in the book.
The guy has a massive hardon on China's authoritarian surveilance "capitalism", glorifies collectivism, supranational institutions of self declared elites that don't answer to anyone, idiotic zero covid policies (which fucked up the supply chain on purpose), money printing (hello inflation), while simultaneously being butthurt about freedom, free market capitalism and individualism. Everytime he mentions USA you can feel him seething, like a B-movie vampire seeing a cross. He loved Biden's 6uild 6ack 6etter plan though.
Guy even sees himself smarter than Milton Friedman, the 1976 Nobel prize winner. "He was wrong, and I was right, but historically I was too early!!! To smart for you all!!!!", the hubris of this guy.
All in all, this book is a retarded pamphlet of magical thinking, absolutely not a single mention of a HOW the transition to carbon neutral green energy future utopia should be achieved.
"The technologies needed will be invented" (governments being the leaders in inovation, I'm not joking, he really wrote that).
Ok, what if they won't be in time, or at all?
"By the 2050. we should have technology Y X and Z that will solve EVERYTHING".
But what if something goes wrong?
*crickets chirping*
Can't wait for the next book in the series. Will it be titled The Great War, The Great Depression or The Great Purge, remains to be seen.
February 22, 2022
This book was free on Kindle Unlimited . Filled with lots of “airy-Fairy” ideas. i.e; people in rich countries walk faster than people in poor countries because of the velocity of time. Time being more scarce and precious in rich countries. Empathy should be taught in schools. Bio-Ecomonics, synthetic biology will make the world a better place; etc; Very obsessed with the Covid-19 Vaccine & synthetic biology. Lots of word salad nonsense. Watch the following also. . https://www.corbettreport.com/greatna....
February 15, 2022
Must read for anyone trying to make sense of what is happening and why. Schwab says it himself in the book- whether you agree or not this is the vision of those with power to make change happen. Time to wake up and pay attention.
October 28, 2022
Does a decent job of outlining the issues humanity is currently facing. Doesn't discuss satisfactory solutions in my opinion.
September 1, 2022
Three stars, instead of one, because interested readers should not be dissuaded from seeing for themselves the absurdly impractical musings of this influential cabal.
The headlong, unabated push for an immediate global green energy, zero green-house gas emission standard, propelled by government mandates/enforcement and boosted by the financial sector's and government's largess is already underway.
To what result?
Germany: Last week's price for a megawatt hour was 700 euros, this week's price is 1,000 euros.
France: A 25% increase in the cost of electricity last Friday. In one year, oil up 200%, coal up 400%, natural gas up 700%. Last year France was a net exporter of energy, this year they are rationing energy.
In the UK it is rumored that 70% of restaurants (pubs) will close or severely restrict operations this winter due to the high cost of heating and electricity.
Political and financial "leaders" have openly admitted there will be pain and sacrifice by citizens as "we transition" to this new economy or world order (or whatever the hell they are calling it).
But really, WTF? I don't recall being asked to vote on this. Do you?
Reference is directed to a brief video by Mark Mills of the Manhattan Institute: "What's Wrong with Wind and Solar." It's simple enough even for me.
I could go on for pages, but what's the point? This book is just another example of globalist utopian thinking without a sentence dedicated to the practical implications or the mechanics of the actual implementation.
The headlong, unabated push for an immediate global green energy, zero green-house gas emission standard, propelled by government mandates/enforcement and boosted by the financial sector's and government's largess is already underway.
To what result?
Germany: Last week's price for a megawatt hour was 700 euros, this week's price is 1,000 euros.
France: A 25% increase in the cost of electricity last Friday. In one year, oil up 200%, coal up 400%, natural gas up 700%. Last year France was a net exporter of energy, this year they are rationing energy.
In the UK it is rumored that 70% of restaurants (pubs) will close or severely restrict operations this winter due to the high cost of heating and electricity.
Political and financial "leaders" have openly admitted there will be pain and sacrifice by citizens as "we transition" to this new economy or world order (or whatever the hell they are calling it).
But really, WTF? I don't recall being asked to vote on this. Do you?
Reference is directed to a brief video by Mark Mills of the Manhattan Institute: "What's Wrong with Wind and Solar." It's simple enough even for me.
I could go on for pages, but what's the point? This book is just another example of globalist utopian thinking without a sentence dedicated to the practical implications or the mechanics of the actual implementation.
July 3, 2022
I would give this 0 stars. The writing is atrocious. The format/structure makes the reading the book pure drudgery.
It’s 200 pages of opinions supporting 5 main areas with some facts to hold it up. It’s just miserable to read.
But the worst part about it is probably the fact that a “great narrative” especially, THE “Great Narrative”, is really just the story told to justify the means to an end. Specifically they things desired by Klaus and the WEF.
It sounds so equitable and so communal but the saved office talked about in this book and “The Great Reset” are not for them. It’s for everyone else. Rules for thee, not for me; as they say.
Are the issues focused on real? Yes, absolutely. But the arrogance that Klaus and the WEF have the solution is reminiscent of an old Bond villain, willing to destroy the world in order to rebuild it in the way they see fit.
“Order Through Chaos”
It’s 200 pages of opinions supporting 5 main areas with some facts to hold it up. It’s just miserable to read.
But the worst part about it is probably the fact that a “great narrative” especially, THE “Great Narrative”, is really just the story told to justify the means to an end. Specifically they things desired by Klaus and the WEF.
It sounds so equitable and so communal but the saved office talked about in this book and “The Great Reset” are not for them. It’s for everyone else. Rules for thee, not for me; as they say.
Are the issues focused on real? Yes, absolutely. But the arrogance that Klaus and the WEF have the solution is reminiscent of an old Bond villain, willing to destroy the world in order to rebuild it in the way they see fit.
“Order Through Chaos”
January 30, 2024
This one’s for the climate anxiety folks in the back….(which atp should be all of you)….
If anything about the state of our world today concerns you—AI, geopolitics, the economy/capitalism, societal values (or a lack thereof), or most pressingly, the environment—I would HIGHLY recommend you read this book.
It will disturb you about the very real and rapidly changing state of the world, and then it will pick you back up and remind you there’s something to be done about it.
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
If anything about the state of our world today concerns you—AI, geopolitics, the economy/capitalism, societal values (or a lack thereof), or most pressingly, the environment—I would HIGHLY recommend you read this book.
It will disturb you about the very real and rapidly changing state of the world, and then it will pick you back up and remind you there’s something to be done about it.
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
January 21, 2023
A SEQUEL TO ‘COVID-19: THE GREAT RESET’
Klaus Martin Schwab is a German economist and founder and chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Thierry Malleret is managing partner of The Monthly Barometer newsletter.
They wrote in the Foreword to this 2022 book, “[This book] is a call to collective and individual action. The thinking behind the book is inspired by a profound conviction that to ensure a better future for humankind, the world needs to be more resilient, more equitable and more sustainable. In ‘COVID-19: The Great Reset’… we raised the curtain on these issues. [This book] places a cast of possible solutions to them on center stage. What the epilogue to our human saga will be will depend on which narrative prevails… [This book] proposes a framework for future action, not a prescription. [It] expresses our personal convictions about the best way forward… it is a hopeful book that categorically rejects the doomsday mindset consigning humanity to a future of oblivion… the book is evidence-based and informed by science. It is also underpinned by 50 conversations that took place with foremost global thinkers and opinion-makers representing a variety of academic disciplines and points of view.” [Later, they add, “Undoubtedly, thousands upon thousands … could have made it to the list. There was, therefore, a degree of arbitrariness in deciding on the 50…” pg. 21]
They begin the Introduction, “What future do we face? What future do we want? What must we do o get there? These three questions preoccupy us all. [This book] provides a response to the first two and lays the foundations to address the third. We can’t predict the future. However, we can imagine it and even design it… we retain the agency to shape the world we want… we can also prepare for the future, by confronting both the risks that we can mitigate and the things that will surprise us.” (Pg. 12) They add, “This book is about ideas and how they may coalesce to form a Great Narrative. It is also.., about how some of these ideas may or should make their way into policy and decision-making… We adopt the view that, as they recover from the pandemic and embark on a path to radical and accelerated change, our societies and economies should be more inclusive and attuned to the needs of our global commons---and more resilient.” (Pg.. 23)
They observe, “two specific features of today’s world will render the changes that are coming more abrupt, more complicated and more far-reaching than we might imagine. 1.1 Concatenation of risks and systemic connectivity. Interdependence… is the defining feature of the 21st century… we live today on the brink of major consequential changes that are not independent from each other but are taking place simultaneously with their risks concatenated.,. 1.2 Social media and the age of fake news. Falsehoods, misinformation and conspiracies have always existed, but today they are served and magnified by the dominance and reach of social media and the virality of fake news. Furthermore, the manner in which social media now structure the communication between individuals can affect the collective ability of certain groups to form reliable beliefs…” (Pg. 16-17)
They continue, “research conducted during the pandemic has exposed a link between COVID-related uncertainty and anxiety and an increased likelihood of adhering to conspiracy theories. This is part of the reason why powerful anti-science movements prolong the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic, hindering both public health and … our ability to move forward in unison.” (Pg. 17)
They caution, “the velocity of this ever-evolving change further constrains our comprehension, and thus the capacity of the policy responses to meet the challenges they raise. Disruption is coming. It will be both good and bad, and major.” (Pg. 51)
They note, “international agreements, like the Kyoto Protocol or the Paris Agreement… lack a binding international agreement… no penalties of any kind have been imposed for non-participation… or even withdrawing… This… encourages free-riding on a massive scale… countries tend to privilege their national interests over global interests… leading to outcomes that leave everybody worse off. This is particularly notable in the fight against climate change.” (Pg. 63)
The assert, “The task of leaders … is complicated further by three specific groups who question … climate change policies or have a vested interest in preventing them… (1) The first group is composed by those who … simply deny the science of climate change… (2) The second groups is … people who recognize the importance of climate change policies but don’t want them to directly impact their way of life… (3) The third group is a motley crowd of ‘human predators’ who threaten … the indigenous communities whose lands contain a large portion of the world’s remain forests and … functioning ecosystems.” (Pg. 68-70)
They state, “Pandemics, climate change, biodiversity, geopolitics, trade and investment, economic growth, cybersecurity , tech governance… and other global issues can only be successfully addressed if done so in a collaborative fashion. Essentially, we should treat them as public goods.” (Pg. 108)
They recount, “‘COVID-19: The Great Reset’ was premised upon [that] change is always painful, so we should take advantage of the fact that we are at a critical juncture to implement the necessary measures that can redress most of the things that have gone wrong for so many years… This requires a re-examination of the role of morality and values.” (Pg. 135) They add, “This book embraces humanistic values that unequivocally prioritize freedom, human dignity and a quest for the common good.” (Pg. 139) And, “policies must be sustainable because there is no other possible path conducive to social, economic, and environmental welfare. In short, sustainability is the only feasible way forward.” (Pg. 147)
They ask, “Can such an ambitious policy become reality? Yes, it can! Four … reasons suggest that now is the right time to move quickly … (1) The pandemic has shown that governments … [can] move decisively when confronted with a major shock… (2) Major and unprecedented technological innovation will spur new sustainability solutions… (3) The zeitgeist has changed… procrastinating is no longer an option… (4) Youth activism… will accelerate the transition because young persons want the world to change…” (Pg. 155-156)
They summarize, “Where do our interviewees go to find their own particular source of hope?... Their responses can be grouped in three main areas. (1) The first [is] … though the problems are daunting, solutions exist, and … our species has the intellectual wherewithal to identify them… (2) The second is the speed of innovation and the role of technology… (3) The third and last … concerns the role of the younger generation and its propensity for activism.” (Pg. 200-202)
This book will interest those studying current social/political issues.
Klaus Martin Schwab is a German economist and founder and chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Thierry Malleret is managing partner of The Monthly Barometer newsletter.
They wrote in the Foreword to this 2022 book, “[This book] is a call to collective and individual action. The thinking behind the book is inspired by a profound conviction that to ensure a better future for humankind, the world needs to be more resilient, more equitable and more sustainable. In ‘COVID-19: The Great Reset’… we raised the curtain on these issues. [This book] places a cast of possible solutions to them on center stage. What the epilogue to our human saga will be will depend on which narrative prevails… [This book] proposes a framework for future action, not a prescription. [It] expresses our personal convictions about the best way forward… it is a hopeful book that categorically rejects the doomsday mindset consigning humanity to a future of oblivion… the book is evidence-based and informed by science. It is also underpinned by 50 conversations that took place with foremost global thinkers and opinion-makers representing a variety of academic disciplines and points of view.” [Later, they add, “Undoubtedly, thousands upon thousands … could have made it to the list. There was, therefore, a degree of arbitrariness in deciding on the 50…” pg. 21]
They begin the Introduction, “What future do we face? What future do we want? What must we do o get there? These three questions preoccupy us all. [This book] provides a response to the first two and lays the foundations to address the third. We can’t predict the future. However, we can imagine it and even design it… we retain the agency to shape the world we want… we can also prepare for the future, by confronting both the risks that we can mitigate and the things that will surprise us.” (Pg. 12) They add, “This book is about ideas and how they may coalesce to form a Great Narrative. It is also.., about how some of these ideas may or should make their way into policy and decision-making… We adopt the view that, as they recover from the pandemic and embark on a path to radical and accelerated change, our societies and economies should be more inclusive and attuned to the needs of our global commons---and more resilient.” (Pg.. 23)
They observe, “two specific features of today’s world will render the changes that are coming more abrupt, more complicated and more far-reaching than we might imagine. 1.1 Concatenation of risks and systemic connectivity. Interdependence… is the defining feature of the 21st century… we live today on the brink of major consequential changes that are not independent from each other but are taking place simultaneously with their risks concatenated.,. 1.2 Social media and the age of fake news. Falsehoods, misinformation and conspiracies have always existed, but today they are served and magnified by the dominance and reach of social media and the virality of fake news. Furthermore, the manner in which social media now structure the communication between individuals can affect the collective ability of certain groups to form reliable beliefs…” (Pg. 16-17)
They continue, “research conducted during the pandemic has exposed a link between COVID-related uncertainty and anxiety and an increased likelihood of adhering to conspiracy theories. This is part of the reason why powerful anti-science movements prolong the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic, hindering both public health and … our ability to move forward in unison.” (Pg. 17)
They caution, “the velocity of this ever-evolving change further constrains our comprehension, and thus the capacity of the policy responses to meet the challenges they raise. Disruption is coming. It will be both good and bad, and major.” (Pg. 51)
They note, “international agreements, like the Kyoto Protocol or the Paris Agreement… lack a binding international agreement… no penalties of any kind have been imposed for non-participation… or even withdrawing… This… encourages free-riding on a massive scale… countries tend to privilege their national interests over global interests… leading to outcomes that leave everybody worse off. This is particularly notable in the fight against climate change.” (Pg. 63)
The assert, “The task of leaders … is complicated further by three specific groups who question … climate change policies or have a vested interest in preventing them… (1) The first group is composed by those who … simply deny the science of climate change… (2) The second groups is … people who recognize the importance of climate change policies but don’t want them to directly impact their way of life… (3) The third group is a motley crowd of ‘human predators’ who threaten … the indigenous communities whose lands contain a large portion of the world’s remain forests and … functioning ecosystems.” (Pg. 68-70)
They state, “Pandemics, climate change, biodiversity, geopolitics, trade and investment, economic growth, cybersecurity , tech governance… and other global issues can only be successfully addressed if done so in a collaborative fashion. Essentially, we should treat them as public goods.” (Pg. 108)
They recount, “‘COVID-19: The Great Reset’ was premised upon [that] change is always painful, so we should take advantage of the fact that we are at a critical juncture to implement the necessary measures that can redress most of the things that have gone wrong for so many years… This requires a re-examination of the role of morality and values.” (Pg. 135) They add, “This book embraces humanistic values that unequivocally prioritize freedom, human dignity and a quest for the common good.” (Pg. 139) And, “policies must be sustainable because there is no other possible path conducive to social, economic, and environmental welfare. In short, sustainability is the only feasible way forward.” (Pg. 147)
They ask, “Can such an ambitious policy become reality? Yes, it can! Four … reasons suggest that now is the right time to move quickly … (1) The pandemic has shown that governments … [can] move decisively when confronted with a major shock… (2) Major and unprecedented technological innovation will spur new sustainability solutions… (3) The zeitgeist has changed… procrastinating is no longer an option… (4) Youth activism… will accelerate the transition because young persons want the world to change…” (Pg. 155-156)
They summarize, “Where do our interviewees go to find their own particular source of hope?... Their responses can be grouped in three main areas. (1) The first [is] … though the problems are daunting, solutions exist, and … our species has the intellectual wherewithal to identify them… (2) The second is the speed of innovation and the role of technology… (3) The third and last … concerns the role of the younger generation and its propensity for activism.” (Pg. 200-202)
This book will interest those studying current social/political issues.
March 29, 2022
an interesting read
This read was quite interesting. I can tell it was written by a very educated individual. I would recommend this book for people who are interested in the way things are headed in our country or in the world. What surprises me is that this book includes a few subject matters that I am covering in my technology and society class. If you want to understand more about the environment, economics today, or why you here so much talk about becoming more green, read this book.
This read was quite interesting. I can tell it was written by a very educated individual. I would recommend this book for people who are interested in the way things are headed in our country or in the world. What surprises me is that this book includes a few subject matters that I am covering in my technology and society class. If you want to understand more about the environment, economics today, or why you here so much talk about becoming more green, read this book.
March 29, 2022
This man is clearly insane and unhinged.
He needs to be locked up and also exposed for the SOB, that he is too the world's nations and their publics.
He will, time will tell and will show how mentally disturbed most world leaders including this man are at this point in history and the absolute bastardry they have done to their nations peoples.
The book is very self congratulatory, like all deluded marxists - The need to self-congratulate hides extremely low self esteem.
At the end of the day, these bastards know they're doing, and have done the wrong thing by everyone - world over.
He needs to be locked up and also exposed for the SOB, that he is too the world's nations and their publics.
He will, time will tell and will show how mentally disturbed most world leaders including this man are at this point in history and the absolute bastardry they have done to their nations peoples.
The book is very self congratulatory, like all deluded marxists - The need to self-congratulate hides extremely low self esteem.
At the end of the day, these bastards know they're doing, and have done the wrong thing by everyone - world over.
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July 11, 2022Solutions
Well I can’t really give this book a real bad review. We all know there’s many problems going on in this world. Too many conflicts, poverty, pandemic and the climate change. But hardly any of our politicians in the the west are finding solutions to fix the problem. This organization is at least finding way to solve these problems instead of adding more to the bucket. I would say to read it and you decide.
Well I can’t really give this book a real bad review. We all know there’s many problems going on in this world. Too many conflicts, poverty, pandemic and the climate change. But hardly any of our politicians in the the west are finding solutions to fix the problem. This organization is at least finding way to solve these problems instead of adding more to the bucket. I would say to read it and you decide.
June 16, 2022
La suite du Great Reset. Livre mettant en place la religion des bobos-urbains-éduqués : sanitarisme, écologisme et intersectionnalité ; le tout menant au transhumanisme d'Harari. Ces gens sont dangereux et timbrés. Une religion de bureaucrates, de stakeholders et de "useless people", avec du newspeak (novlangue) en surcharge.
October 13, 2023
I read this book primarily because I disbelieved all of the conspiracy lunacy surrounding the text and the author, and I wanted to be able to dispel the myths around both by having actually read the book and the author's own words.
Sure enough, I was not disappointed... the book is one long policy paper that encompasses a wide-range of global policy issues (think global supply chains and environmental resilience, and not enslavement of the masses or mind-control through socialist economic models), analyses of shifts in economic models to meet changing social expectations, and forward-looking assessments about potential opportunities for policy maker and private sector partners to make gains on pressing global challenges.
What it's not is all of the things that conservative conspiracy-mongers have claimed, supposedly-quoted, and the like.
Overall, this book was just... a policy paper. And if there's one major flaw, it's that it was wordy in ways it shouldn't have been. The primary flaw in Schwab's writing was his attempt to address global-scale and macro-scale issues through analysis that, at times, felt better suited to micro-issues and problems... or otherwise esoteric/overly philosophical/quote-heavy when it needn't have been. It read a little like a Master's-level capstone paper rather than a digestible, approachable paper for the lay policymaker. Where he excelled, however, was in tying many disparate ideas and challenges together to demonstrate the need for greater global resiliency and societal-level approaches to tackle humanity-scale issues.
At the end of the day, this isn't the best policy book I've read, but certainly not the worst. And most of all, it's certainly not the crazy-conspiracy-laden book that PragerU or your other conservative social media sources might try to tell you it is. If you believe those sources, this book is more than likely not for you... but only because it's most likely you're not the type of person who would tend to dive into policy-heavy texts, rather than because of anything specific in the book.
I likely won't read another book by Schwab, but I'm not upset that that I gave this one a shot either. To each their own.
Sure enough, I was not disappointed... the book is one long policy paper that encompasses a wide-range of global policy issues (think global supply chains and environmental resilience, and not enslavement of the masses or mind-control through socialist economic models), analyses of shifts in economic models to meet changing social expectations, and forward-looking assessments about potential opportunities for policy maker and private sector partners to make gains on pressing global challenges.
What it's not is all of the things that conservative conspiracy-mongers have claimed, supposedly-quoted, and the like.
Overall, this book was just... a policy paper. And if there's one major flaw, it's that it was wordy in ways it shouldn't have been. The primary flaw in Schwab's writing was his attempt to address global-scale and macro-scale issues through analysis that, at times, felt better suited to micro-issues and problems... or otherwise esoteric/overly philosophical/quote-heavy when it needn't have been. It read a little like a Master's-level capstone paper rather than a digestible, approachable paper for the lay policymaker. Where he excelled, however, was in tying many disparate ideas and challenges together to demonstrate the need for greater global resiliency and societal-level approaches to tackle humanity-scale issues.
At the end of the day, this isn't the best policy book I've read, but certainly not the worst. And most of all, it's certainly not the crazy-conspiracy-laden book that PragerU or your other conservative social media sources might try to tell you it is. If you believe those sources, this book is more than likely not for you... but only because it's most likely you're not the type of person who would tend to dive into policy-heavy texts, rather than because of anything specific in the book.
I likely won't read another book by Schwab, but I'm not upset that that I gave this one a shot either. To each their own.
May 31, 2023
The great reset book number 2. My review of Covid-19: The great reset could also be applied here.
The book is mostly about the possible ways to cooperate to change the world. It's main focus is on developing and understanding of stakeholder capitalism and urgency.
There are better written books on these topics. Amongst other Coherence: The Secret Science of Brilliant Leadership by Dr. Dr Alan Watkins and the collaboration with Ken Wilber on Wicked & Wise: How to solve the world's toughest problems. For the optimism of technology I would recommend The Future Is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives.
The book is mostly about the possible ways to cooperate to change the world. It's main focus is on developing and understanding of stakeholder capitalism and urgency.
There are better written books on these topics. Amongst other Coherence: The Secret Science of Brilliant Leadership by Dr. Dr Alan Watkins and the collaboration with Ken Wilber on Wicked & Wise: How to solve the world's toughest problems. For the optimism of technology I would recommend The Future Is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives.
March 28, 2022
This man, who is like the de facto emperor of the planet is still stuck in the 2010's it's an embarassment, he's still talking about "technologies" and completely ignores the energy crisis, making all these plans on hot air dollars when we don't have the fuel to back them. This man needs to be briefed on current state of the world, his insular existence is leading to him making plans based on outdated faulty assumptions.
He calls for more power for his cronies, the governments, more genetic experimentation and more "draconian measures". He's also still railing about climate change when we don't even have the fuel to do anything but lower our CO2 output due to depleted fossil fuels.
He talks about solar power without taking into consideration Energy Return on Investment. The Emperor has No Clothes.
He's walking around in petroleum that was burned up a decade ago. This is soo sad, he has no idea what's going on. I sincerly hope this book is a joke, and that the real one is like for his cronies and is actually aware of the energy situation.
He calls for more power for his cronies, the governments, more genetic experimentation and more "draconian measures". He's also still railing about climate change when we don't even have the fuel to do anything but lower our CO2 output due to depleted fossil fuels.
He talks about solar power without taking into consideration Energy Return on Investment. The Emperor has No Clothes.
He's walking around in petroleum that was burned up a decade ago. This is soo sad, he has no idea what's going on. I sincerly hope this book is a joke, and that the real one is like for his cronies and is actually aware of the energy situation.
April 25, 2024
Global Government Can Help You Even More
The authors put forward the case for global government with central planning and a bureaucracy to pick technological winners and losers to address world problems. Their arguments are based on opinion with tenuous hand-picked “facts” in support. In their utopian vision, government apparatchiks with noble aspirations will decide our response to every global challenge. There will be no checks and balances on this power. If these elites are wrong, which is likely based on historical performance, we will be considerably worse off in addressing challenges like global warming, as there will be no room for competing ideas or dissent. This is nothing more than elite level narcissism from the Davos crowd.
The authors put forward the case for global government with central planning and a bureaucracy to pick technological winners and losers to address world problems. Their arguments are based on opinion with tenuous hand-picked “facts” in support. In their utopian vision, government apparatchiks with noble aspirations will decide our response to every global challenge. There will be no checks and balances on this power. If these elites are wrong, which is likely based on historical performance, we will be considerably worse off in addressing challenges like global warming, as there will be no room for competing ideas or dissent. This is nothing more than elite level narcissism from the Davos crowd.
June 13, 2022
Klaus, you ignorant, wealthy, selfish, hateful, despicable, failure of a human being, you should be hit in the face with a wad of your own shit!!!
You have no idea what your bullshit has done to destroy people in the working world.
All the ideas you have should not be planned to exist in a short time frame. These ideas need eighty to a hundred years to develop so they don’t destroy what has been built.
You are a fucking Asshole that needs to be put away for a long time in a cold, dark place.
You have no idea what your bullshit has done to destroy people in the working world.
All the ideas you have should not be planned to exist in a short time frame. These ideas need eighty to a hundred years to develop so they don’t destroy what has been built.
You are a fucking Asshole that needs to be put away for a long time in a cold, dark place.
November 18, 2022
Another book of quite an amateur person in writing. I can hardly call him a specialist. More of a dreamer or a man who work on programming people’s mind. So if you are an easily manipulated type you most probably will join the reality he offers. If you are more of an independent type you will laugh of it. As we already noticed their plans about the “new world order” are utopia which will never be implemented.
Don’t understand people who give this book more than 3 stars. It’s really a very unprofessional narrative.
Don’t understand people who give this book more than 3 stars. It’s really a very unprofessional narrative.
March 21, 2022
Wow! The world is going to end soon because we are putting to much carbon into the air. We need to change our primary energy to renewables. Governments need to push this agenda hard and penalize businesses that don’t get on board with this agenda. Technology however will save the day and the rapid benefits that the global community derives from it will usher in a future utopia of hope.
January 26, 2023
A fake "narrative" from the self anointed world elite rulers. It was hard to stay in the Pollyanna viewpoint of the presumed crisis and the Marxism solutions to all the failures of human nature. I suggest only the most active pseudo intellectual bother wasting time on this WEF propaganda piece.
May 12, 2024
Everyone dreams of equality when they are young, that last until they start to work for their own bread, sometimes if they travel and experience different cultures and different types of what we call humans.
January 25, 2022
Отрицать продуманность и интеллектуальную прыткость этих товарищей я не могу - тут респект и уважуха, но надеюсь все же, что они богут гореть в аду "в унисон" (и это ASAP)
November 21, 2022
See my review of The Great Reset.
January 1, 2026
terrible book with terrible and dangerous ideas.
May 1, 2022
The 1 star reviews did NOT read this book
An excellent follow up to The Great Reset. Focuses on some major areas of concern and proposes viable solutions for tackling them (i.e. climate change).
Not five stars because the 50 contributors were from well-to-do institutions that are typically called upon for input, rather than providing a more diverse backdrop of voices.
An excellent follow up to The Great Reset. Focuses on some major areas of concern and proposes viable solutions for tackling them (i.e. climate change).
Not five stars because the 50 contributors were from well-to-do institutions that are typically called upon for input, rather than providing a more diverse backdrop of voices.
October 29, 2024
Difficult to read. Hard to follow.
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