Mistakes Are Nothing To Be Ashamed Of.

What Is So Striking About Liberia Is That In A Place Where There Is So Much To Be Done, I Have Never Seen So Many People With Nothing To Do.

But Beginners To The World Economics Forum Have To Understand There Is No Single Davos Experience, And There Is No Single Davos Community Either. There Are Numerous Tribes Who Interact Only At A Minimal Level.

Even The 'today' Programme Involves A Balance Between The Worthy-but-heavy Items With The Worthless-but-entertainingly-light Ones.

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