World Economic Forum reacts to Musk 'insult'

Elon Musk hasn’t been invited to Davos since 2015, a spokesman for the summit said, after the billionaire stated he'd declined invitation

Elon Musk has called the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos into question, after claiming he'd declined an invitation to this year’s summit. A spokesman for the forum, however, has stated that the billionaire was never even on the guest list.

In a series of tweets this week, Musk unloaded on the conference, which kicked off in Switzerland on Monday, questioning why it is still even a thing, criticizing [WEF Chair and founder] Klaus Schwab’s call to “master the future,” and comparing the summit to the notorious web forum 4chan.

"There should be a game show: '4Chan or Davos, who said it?'" Musk tweeted in response to author Michael Shellenberger who called out the WEF’s attempts to fight conspiracy theorists.

The Tesla CEO also replied to the WEF’s official Twitter account, challenging its claim that “overpopulation remains a global challenge.” Musk insisted the declining birth rates around the world highlight the exact opposite issue, and that "population collapse is an existential problem for humanity, not overpopulation!"

“Master the Future” doesn’t sound ominous at all …