Last week, February 13-15, the World Government Summit 2023 was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The theme of the event was- -Shaping Future Governments.---Through the execution of over 300 sessions, over 200 speakers, high level meetings and more, this summit brought together world leaders, global experts, and decision makers to share and contribute to the development of tools, policies and models that are essential in shaping future governments.--Jim listed some of the themes and workshops that were part of this forum, as well as audio clips from featured speakers including Klaus Schwab, head of the World Economic Forum. In his speech titled, -The State of the World,- Schwab communicated that whoever masters technologies such as artificial intelligence, the metaverse, and synthetic biology will -in some way be the master of the world.- --Other speakers featured on this edition of Crosstalk included Ian Bremmer, president and founder of Eurasia Group, and Elon Musk who cautioned attendees about the problems of a singular world government.