For a certain set of corporate globe-trotters, they can take their pick of a retreat or conference or other elite convergence every couple weeks or so. No one goes to them all, but most of these players go to many more than a few
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The Davos-Alfalfa pairing serves as a kind of unofficial launch of what is now a yearlong season of corporate and political networking among a certain set of the world’s most influential people. Davos is by far the largest and most celebrated of these conclaves. But there are others that are more intimate and more exclusive.
Of course, it’s hypothetically possible that someone could be so temperamentally at peace that he or she would shimmy the greasy pole of credentialism and meritocracy and be fully satisfied once reaching a certain height. But it’s doubtful such a person would ever start shimmying the greasy pole in the first place., as glorified by the musical—that has fueled what is now a large industry of high-level socializing.
There are few reports of kids hanging out at the anachronistic Bohemian Grove, the longtime male retreat in the redwoods of Northern California, which in the past has attracted U.S. presidents and still draws a well-connected crowd for its summer retreats. What’s more, modern social circles are actually highly porous. Unlike previous eras, you don’t need a distinguished family lineage to be an insider. It does help to have a private plane, a gift for name-dropping, and a willingness to spend money on philanthropic causes.
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