By Klaus Schwab Declares the Dawn of the ‘Intelligent Age’ at World Governments Summit
by Tim Hinchcliffe | The Sociable
World Economic Forum (WEF) founder Klaus Schwab tells the World Governments Summit that he is writing a new book on The Intelligent Age, where the economy will be based on “knowledge, data, and intelligent insights.”
Giving a speech at the 12th annual World Governments Summit in Dubai, UAE, now called “Governments in the Intelligent Age,” Schwab said what distinguished the “intelligent age” from the previous agricultural and industrial ages was that this latest transition was moving at an exponential pace while the previous two were linear and took generations to run their course:
We are now moving from the Industrial Age to the Intelligent Age […] This transition into the new Intelligent Age will only be mastered if all stakeholders of global society work together.
Klaus Schwab at World Governments Summit: “We are now moving from the Industrial Age to the Intelligent Age, but there is 1 big difference compared to the 1st transition.. where we had several generations to adapt.. now this transition is happening at exponential speed” #WGS25 pic.twitter.com/EP552kpdRx
— Tim Hinchliffe (@TimHinchliffe) February 11, 2025
“Similar to the transition from the agricultural age to the industrial age, we are now moving from the industrial age to the intelligent age, but there is one big difference compared to the first transition […] where we had several generations to adapt,” said Schwab.
“Now, this transition is happening at exponential speed,” he added.
This new world order that the WEF founder speaks of is one that he believes will change society forever, and instead of being based on agricultural age goods or industrial age products and services, the economy of this new intelligent age will be based on “knowledge, data, and intelligent insights.”
“Now, in this new age, the [economic] base will be knowledge, data, and intelligent insights,” Schwab stated.
“We are living in the transition to a new time which will change everything. It will change how we communicate, how we work, how we live.. Now in this NEW AGE the base will be knowledge, data & intelligent insights” Klaus Schwab, World Governments Summit #WGS25 #WorldGovSummit pic.twitter.com/A4Xc1R3L4H
— Tim Hinchliffe (@TimHinchliffe) February 11, 2025
