A low point in human history, Davos edition
by digby
I don’t even know what to say about this:
At this year’s World Economic Forum, there have been numerous soul-searching sessions about how to achieve a worthy life and true happiness. There was a dinner dedicated to “mindfulness,” another to “the importance of being happy,” and a daily meditation run by a Buddhist monk.
For those wanting to experience real hardship (for an hour or so) there were multiple sessions each day that attempted to simulate what it is like to be a refugee in a camp. During these sessions actors dressed up as soldiers stormed in, pretending to beat up another actor dressed up as a refugee and firing fake gunshots. Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook and Peter Brabeck-Letmathe of Nestle were among the executives who participated.
Sadly, even pretending to be refugees for an hour and meditation with a monk couldn’t provide any relief from the knowledge that they are victims of terrible persecution:
“It used to be just bankers that were bashed,” the chief executive of a large European consumer goods company said with a sigh after coming out of his morning trance. He spoke on condition of anonymity, perhaps not wanting to seem as if he was complaining. “Now it’s all of us.”
Is there anything more embarrassing to the human species than Davos?
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