World is pregnant
We had a wonderful talk from Shimon Peres this morning, here are a few ideas he scattered during this morning :
We are giving birth to a new world. One age is over and a new age is being born, an age were politics, government, borders are no more. Our mission is to imagine, not to remember, Internet is the best teacher for our children and helps us remember. State, borders, governments are no longer that important. Economy has become without borders, without lands, without armies. Wealth is no more a matter of accumulating goods, it’s become what ideas you imagine (patents…). An individual man can create an economic state around a good new idea, Bill Gates did. There’s no more “private” companies, because your company is global and influencing the whole world… thus every company is “public”. Companies are more influential to our future than governments which cannot manage their demography anymore. The armies as they are now are of no use anymore, they are disproportional… sending a huge multi-billion dollar plane to kill one single terrorist is too much. But new armies based on robots and nano-technologies are appearing.
The new force is modern science, technology and companies. Strategy and politics aren’t the solution anymore, economics is the first step to solving problems, but governments don’t have the money to finance new opportunities… as private equity can be reactive on new market opportunities and help the world change.The terrorists and fanatics have no future, they are of the old age, they won’t sustain modernity.
How can we change the world ? Create new businesses on emerging countries and help reshape the world. Governments can’t do that, companies can.
During Q&A, Mr Peres said that he foresees that in 20 years, 80% of energy will come from the sun.
“Don’t look at the past, it’s a waste of time” Democracy is the right to make mistakes and the obligation to correct them.
This talk was really a success with the longest (and only) standing ovation for a man who has a unique vision of the future and how to make a better world.
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