Decoded by Mo

Davos 2026 didn’t feel like reassurance. It felt like honesty. In this special Davos edition of Decoded, I step back from headlines and speeches to decode what was really said — and what it means — when the world’s political leaders, CEOs, central bankers, and institutions finally stopped pretending the system is elastic. This episode is not about what happened at Davos. It’s about why it felt dif...

The world entering 2026 is shaped by forces that don’t always appear in the headlines. The economy feels steady but cautious. Technology moves faster than we notice. Energy systems are transforming unevenly. Climate pressure is now part of everyday planning. And people themselves are changing what they expect from work, life, and leadership. In this second episode of the 2026 Global Outlook trilog...

In this first episode of the 2026 Global Outlook trilogy, I trace the world’s journey into 2026 — a decade shaped by shocks, wars, inflation, political fragmentation, and the fastest technological acceleration in modern history. From the pandemic and its economic aftershocks to the return of hard geopolitics in Ukraine, the Sahel, the Red Sea and the Indo-Pacific, we explore how the foundations of...

What does it mean to be human in the age of machines? In this final chapter of Becoming Ourselves , I close the trilogy by looking at where we stand — on the edge of the Intelligence Age — and ask one final, urgent question: what will it do to us? When I first started Decoded by Mo , I thought I’d focus on technology — AI, strategy, innovation. But over time, I realized something deeper was happen...

History isn’t only about kings, wars, or inventions — it’s about how humans transform. How our relationships, art, psychology, and even our bodies change when economies shift. In this episode of Decoded by Mo , I’ll navigate from machines to services to experiences — tracing how value creation evolved across the last two centuries, and how resilience kept reinventing itself along the way. I begin...

History isn’t just a story of kings and battles — it’s the story of how humans learned to create value, survive collapse, and reinvent themselves again and again. In this episode of Decoded by Mo , we take a long journey through time — from the hunters painting bison on cave walls, to the farmers who built temples from surplus grain, to the merchants who turned oceans into highways of fortune. Alo...

We often ask the wrong question about AI: “Will it take my job?” But behind that fear is something deeper — we’ve allowed our jobs to define us. When a role disappears, we’re left wondering: then who am I? In this final episode of the trilogy, I bring together the voices of leaders and thinkers — Demis Hassabis, Jensen Huang, and Sam Altman — and reflect on what their insights mean for us. AI isn’...

Will AI take my job? In Part 2 of this three-part series, we explore two sharply different answers: one of bold optimism, and one of quiet caution. In Part 1 — Minds vs. Muscle — we heard Mo Gawdat’s uncompromising view:AI will take all jobs, and the belief in “new jobs” is, in his words, “100% crap.” I also shared a Gen Z perspective from my niece, who believes AI should be banned in schools beca...

Will AI take your job? It’s one of the most urgent questions of our time — and it touches all of us, no matter our industry, age, or experience. In this special three-part series of Decoded by Mo , I bring the opinions of some of the most influential voices in AI to an imaginery dinner table to debate what happens to work, identity, and humanity in the age of machines. In Part 1 — Minds vs. Muscle...

In Episode 1, we explored the big picture of AI and national sovereignty. But before moving forward, I wanted to hit pause and create something different: a pit stop episode, a crash course, a decoder. Welcome to Episode 1.5 — AI 101, explained without the jargon. In this episode, I take you on a guided journey through the essentials of AI — how it works, why it matters, and what you really need t...

AI is transforming industries faster than any technology in history — but who really controls it? In this first episode of Decoded by Mo , we go beyond the headlines to explore why the winners in the AI era will be those who control the “rails”: the data, the compute power, and the platforms. We look back at history — from the printing press to the internet — to see the patterns of change, dive in...