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There's most definitely a Davos bubble. You're in a small Alpine town that, for just four days in January, sees its population tripled with world leaders, CEOs, media, police, the army... and a whole bunch of people who aren't invited but just come to hang out. Taavet Hinrikus

You Army People World Police Definitely Out Sees Small Bubble Leaders Invited Days Town Come Most Bunch Hang Just January CEOs Who Whole Population Media World Leaders Four

There's the risk of a serious case of FOMO at a place like Davos. Taavet Hinrikus

Case Risk Like Place Serious

Companies that are natively technology-focused I would trust more than a bank. Taavet Hinrikus

Trust Would More Than Bank Companies

Banks are really bad when it comes to building consumer-centred products. Taavet Hinrikus

Building Bad Banks Really Products

If the hard Brexit happens, I would assume that London wouldn't be the centre of the tech world in Europe. Taavet Hinrikus

World Assume Would London Happens Centre Brexit Hard Europe Tech

I spent my workdays at Skype creating a more connected world. We were shrinking the distances between people, making it easier to connect across countries. Then I'd go to my bank to transfer my euros to pounds, and it was like going back in time 50 years: expensive, inconvenient, and painfully slow. It was a nightmare. Taavet Hinrikus

Time People World Slow Back Distances Spent Easier More Pounds Between Countries Like Making Go Were Years Going Bank Expensive Transfer Then Creating Across Painfully Connect Connected Skype Shrinking Inconvenient Nightmare

There are so many instances in banking where 'free' simply doesn't mean free, whether it's opaque overdraft charges or credit card providers that are quietly raising interest rates without customers noticing. Taavet Hinrikus

Competition and variety in financial services are always good things. Taavet Hinrikus

Good Good Things Competition Financial Financial Services Variety Always Things Services

There's one thing a CEO should always keep at the front of their mind, and that's customer needs. Taavet Hinrikus

Needs Mind One Thing Always Front Customer CEO Should Keep Thing

There are lots of people building the next TransferWise, not in a sense of competing with us but in a sense of building large, successful companies that are doing something important. I just enjoy helping these founders navigate the journey. Taavet Hinrikus

Journey People Important Building Sense Enjoy Something Doing Lots Just Us Successful Next Companies Large Navigate Helping Founders Competing

Maybe I think too highly of myself, but I think maybe sometimes I can give some good advice - sometimes bad advice, I'm sure - and I think that's a way of giving back. Taavet Hinrikus

Myself Good Sometimes Giving Advice Think Too Back Way Bad Some Give Giving Back Highly Sure Maybe Good Advice

The fact that Skype was founded in Estonia, the fact that Skype had a successful exit, which meant that Estonia benefited in a major way, meant that entrepreneurship became legitimate. There were more than a thousand people who either worked or had worked at Skype who had seen what it takes to build a global business. Taavet Hinrikus

Business People Seen Build Way Thousand More Fact Entrepreneurship Had Takes Major Global Became Were Exit Than Legitimate Either Which Estonia Worked Successful Meant Who Skype Founded

When hackers have access to powerful computers that use brute force hacking, they can crack almost any password; even one user with insecure access being successfully hacked can result in a major breach. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

In a modern digitalized world, it is possible to paralyze a country without attacking its defense forces: The country can be ruined by simply bringing its SCADA systems to a halt. To impoverish a country, one can erase its banking records. The most sophisticated military technology can be rendered irrelevant. In cyberspace, no country is an island. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Technology World Country Military Defense Ruined Possible Systems No Country Paralyze Records Attacking Simply Sophisticated Most Rendered Forces Without Island Halt Erase Modern Irrelevant Banking Cyberspace Bringing

The E-government cabinet, E-health services, online voting, online pre-filled tax returns, e-mobile parking, are all examples of Estonian innovation, but far more importantly, they are examples of the transformative power of intensive and extensive use of Information Technology in the public sector. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Technology Innovation Voting Power Sector Examples Online More Parking Cabinet Returns Importantly Intensive Tax Information Information Technology Transformative Public Tax Returns Far Use Public Sector Services Extensive

Because of cyberattacks and fake news, we can already imagine the problem all democratic societies will face in future elections: how to limit lies when they threaten democracy? Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Future News Democracy Problem Will Face Fake News Lies Threaten Democratic Democratic Societies Because Limit Fake How Elections Societies Imagine

Cybersecurity needs to be taken seriously by everyone. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Needs Seriously Everyone Taken

Russia has had very aggressive military exercises. They've practiced mock nuclear attacks on Warsaw. Russian bombers practiced attacking strategic military targets in Sweden. The military aggression gets everybody nervous. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

I remember starting to read about the Soviet Union when I was eight years old; I think I was reading my father's 'New York Times.' Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Remember Old Father Reading Think About New Read Years Times York Soviet Soviet Union New York Eight New York Times Union Starting

I was the child of refugees. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Child Refugees

People who come out of the liberal arts don't have an understanding of science and technology, and the people in science and technology have very little experience with liberal arts and the traditions of a liberal democracy. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Democracy Technology Science Experience People Science And Technology Understanding Liberal Liberal Arts Liberal Democracy Out Come Traditions Very Arts Little Who

The first time cyber was even a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference, which is - I mean, we've got hundreds of specialists there - was 2011. That's how long it took. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Time Long First Panel Took Hundreds Security First Time Got How Conference Discussion Which Mean Cyber Even Specialists Munich

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