Google, founded well into the Davos era, has quickly emerged as a blue-chip company, a member in good standing of the global elite. And as such, it has established an interactive presence at Davos. In an alcove in a key spot in the Congress Center, Google has set up a series of computers equipped with web cams. It brings leaders and participants by and poses the Davos question: What one thing can people, companies, and governments do to make the world a better place in 2008?  It’s very Google—intent on doing good, totally digital, and willfully quirky. It’s funny to watch older leaders coping with new media. Bono’s answer is likely to get a lot of hits.  But one of the first big gets was former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who seems to be growing shorter and rounder—he rolls through the center like a bespoke-suited bowling ball—to peer into the web cam. (Click here to watch it.)

Also check out former Israeli Prime Minster Shimon Peres greeting YouTube viewers and waiting for questions to be posed by the web cam.