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Here's How You Could Actually Get It](/collections/davos-2019/5502591/tim-cook-data-privacy/) byTim Cook *  [Justin Trudeau, Jane Goodall and Others on Their Big Ideas For Changing the 2020s](/collections/davos-2019/5502586/big-ideas-2020s/) byTIME Staff *  [Davos Panel on Inequality Becomes Discussion About the Very Rich ‘Paying Their Fair Share'](/collections/davos-2019/5512726/davos-economic-inequality-time/) byBilly Perrigo and Abby Vesoulis *  [Davos Daily Review: Jane Goodall, Income Inequality and Climate Change](/collections/davos-2019/5513710/davos-daily-review-jane-goodall-income-inequality/) byJennifer Duggan *  [See the Staggering Impact Humans Have Had on the World's Oceans](/collections/davos-2019/5502588/oceans-in-peril/) byTIME Staff *  [The Founder of Davos on Confronting Nationalism and Inequality](/collections/davos-2019/5502587/davos-founder-interview/) byHaley Sweetland Edwards *  [About TIME’s Special Davos Issue](/collections/davos-2019/5504509/behind-the-issue/) byEdward Felsenthal *  [Davos Daily Review: U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Austria's Sebastian Kurz, Canada's Chrystia Freeland](/collections/davos-2019/5512608/davos-daily-review-guterres-kruz-freeland/) byTara Law *  [Davos Daily Review: Angela Merkel, New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern and Alibaba's Jack Ma](/collections/davos-2019/5511150/davos-day-2-merkel-ardern-ma/) byTara Law *  [Artificial Intelligence Is Powerful—And Misunderstood. Here's How We Can Protect Workers](/collections/davos-2019/5501056/artificial-intelligence-protect-workers/) byKai-Fu Lee *  [How China Is Using “Social Credit Scores” to Reward and Punish Its Citizens](/collections/davos-2019/5502592/china-social-credit-score/) byCharlie Campbell / Chengdu *  [Finding the Common Good in the Fourth Industrial Revolution](/collections/davos-2019/5504446/content-from-sompo-2/) byTIME Staff *  [Davos Daily Review: Brazil's Bolsonaro, Mike Pompeo and Prince William](/collections/davos-2019/5510002/davos-day-1-bolsonaro-pompeo-prince-william/) byTIME Staff *  [Should the Federal Government Give Everyone a Monthly Check? The Latest Push for Universal Income](/collections/davos-2019/5502590/universal-basic-income/) byKevin Conley *  [YuMi® the World’s First Truly Collaborative Robot](/collections/davos-2019/5504841/content-from-abb/) byTIME Staff *  [The Next Industrial Revolution Is Coming. Here’s How We Can Ensure Equality](/collections/davos-2019/5502589/next-industrial-revolution/) byJohn Lanchester *  [Elites Who Want to Fix the World's Problems Should Start By Looking in the Mirror](/collections/davos-2019/5504505/message-to-elites/) byAnand Giridharadas *  [Eight Young Leaders on How They Want to Shape the Decade Ahead](/collections/davos-2019/5502593/making-change-young-leaders/) byTIME Staff *  [The Quick Read on Davos 2019, aka the World's Most Important Watering Hole](/collections/davos-2019/5505958/davos-2019-world-economic-forum/) byIan Bremmer *  [Providing Solutions for a Changing World](/collections/davos-2019/5504399/content-from-sompo-1/) byTIME Staff *  [What Does the Future Hold? Here Are Some Innovations And Problems To Expect](/collections/davos-2019/5507006/future-innovations-problems/) byDon Steinberg *  ['We Are All Stakeholders of Our Global Future': Klaus Schwab, Founder of the World Economic Forum, Talks Change and Progress](/collections/davos-2019/5508187/klaus-schwab-world-economic-forum-time/) byAlejandro de la Garza *  [Artificial Intelligence at Sompo](/collections/davos-2019/5504455/content-from-sompo-3/) byTIME Staff *  [Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Delivers Trump-Style Video Message to Davos](/collections/davos-2019/5509600/mike-pompeo-speech-davos-2019/) byGlen Carey / Bloomberg Davos 2019: How to Navigate the World's Future ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/davos-2019/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/davos-2019/"},"headline":"Davos 2019","description":"Navigating the Fourth Industrial Revolution","url":"https://time.com/collections/davos-2019/","datePublished":"2026-03-17T00:08:16.735Z","dateModified":"2026-03-17T00:08:16.454Z","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156}},"mainEntity":{"@type":"ItemList","numberOfItems":24,"itemListOrder":"Descending"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4a8c58cd6e2c670/69894365656a3f70c3bd6735/davos-hero.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/davos-2019/","name":"Davos 2019"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/davos-2019/","name":"Davos 2019"}}]}] ```