10 people who shaped the modern world | World Economic Forum Garten: I focused on people who met a few criteria First of all, I wanted to identify people over the last 1,000 years or so who did something spectacular to make the world smaller and more interconnected, which ultimately changed the world they lived in It had to be such a powerful change that we are still living with that change today
How we shape the web today will affect all our tomorrows | World . . . Arguably, the most important impact that the internet and the world wide web will have is the effect it is having on how we see the world – and the effect this will have on how we design solutions to our shared problems By making information available across peer networks, traditional hierarchical structures are often rendered obsolete
17 ways technology could change the world by 2027 We asked the World Economic Forum's new class of Technology Pioneers for their views on how technology will change the world in the next five years - this is what they told us
How has social media changed the world? | World Economic Forum Social media has changed the world The rapid and vast adoption of these technologies is changing how we find partners, how we access information from the news, and how we organize to demand political change Who uses social media? When did the rise of social media start and what are the largest sites today?
6 ways social media is changing the world | World Economic Forum Read more about the ways social media is changing the world in The Impact of Digital Content: Opportunities and Risks of Creating and Sharing Information Online white paper with main contributors Shannon M Dosemagen, Farida Vis, Claire Wardle and Susan Etlinger and other members from the Global Agenda Council on Social Media
The top global health stories from 2025 - The World Economic Forum Health and healthcare have changed dramatically in 2025, characterized by a downturn in global health financing and more of a shift to artificial intelligence (AI) and data-driven care From climate change health impacts to transformative discoveries for brain health, here are our top health stories of the year