A combo of pictures shows Egyptian demonstrators tearing a huge portrait of President Hosni Mubarak during a protest (Getty Images)

A guest post from business author Don Tapscott:

Davos: Having just done a CNBC interview I was reminded of the interplay between the global media and the discussions among leaders at Davos. News reporters in the tents on the roof of the Congress center naturally want opinions on events happening today and how to relate those to the deliberations taking place in the building below.

CNBC wanted to lead with the Egypt story, and both upstairs and downstairs the developments in Tunisia and now the protests in the streets of Egypt have many concerned about the Mideast and beyond.

And rightly so. The world is a powder keg as a demographic tidal wave of young people enter a jobless workforce and societies that need deep political and social reform.