As AI reshapes industries, trade tensions deepen and societies adjust to new realities, the new economy inspires both hope and unease. 

A conversation with Dara Khosrowshahi, Chief Executive Officer of Uber Technologies, on seeing beyond today's short-term pressures and imagining how the new economy can work for everyone.

Speakers:

Dara Khosrowshahi, Chief Executive Officer, Uber Technologies

Stephanie Flanders, Head, Economics and Government, Bloomberg LP

This is the full audio from a session at the Annual Meeting 2026. Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/an-honest-conversation-on-the-hopes-and-anxieties-of-the-new-economy/

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What choices must we make today to build a future balanced between technological innovation and humanity?

Explore and discuss how a history of the future offers lessons for navigating the transformative age of AI.

Speakers:

Yuval Noah Harari, Distinguished Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk

Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford

This is the full audio from a session at the Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos. Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/an-honest-conversation-on-ai-and-humanity-ca19ea8c96/

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Progress is often assumed to be inevitable, yet history tells a different story. Periods of transformation have repeatedly shown how quickly momentum can stall or reverse.

Carl-Benedikt Frey, Associate Professor at the Oxford Internet Institute and Director of Future of Work at Oxford Martin School speaks at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2026 on why some societies sustain progress over time while others see it stall.

You can watch his talk here: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/progress-is-not-inevitable/

Coming soon: hear Carl-Benedikt Frey interviewed on our sister podcast, Radio Davos: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/carl-benedikt-frey-AI-work-jobs-economics

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