When Debbie refers to herself as an “economic volunteer like most of the ex-Googlers at Facebook,” I have no idea what she’s saying. Over coffee she explains to me that she made so much money from the Google IPO that the salary she earns at Facebook is basically meaningless to her overall wealth. She’s at Facebook waiting for Facebook’s IPO.

In India the situation’s so bad, Facebook’s leadership hires an ex–police captain who’s been given some boring, official-sounding title but is understood by the policy team to be someone who “would be able to handle an arrest situation well”—that is, go to jail in a clash between Facebook and the Indian government.

In other words, the WEF has weaponized the concept of status envy to create a Hunger Games for the 0.001 percent. Maybe that’s why they all seem to love this place. It’s like the status Olympics—a chance for them to measure themselves not just against their own industry but across business, politics, entertainment, and media. A bunch of the richest people in the world.

I always believe that when companies and people have to say things over and over it is because they want them to be true but they are not.

“You know, Lynn,” Bernie said, “I didn’t hire you to do…because you are going to have to do anyway. I hired you to think.”