Living the unknown
It's the first time in human history that we live in an unknown world where the future is almost unpredictable. It was mentioned in the Bible that Jews will return to Israel and it happened 2000 years later. It was mentioned in Chinese classics that one day, the "iron bird" will fly the sky and "iron snake" will block the road, the prophecies came true a pproximately one hundred years ago following the invention of airplanes and railways. However, we can't really predict what the future holds fifty years later from now. The stock market is too volatile today and world politics are fickle. Martin Jacque wrote about China who is anticipated to become the greatest economy in the world by 2050 but today the covid situation and Chinese "zero cases" policy may have nullified the forecast due to exacerbation of the international tension as a result of the border restrictions. Furthermore, the Chinese naval invasion in the South China Sea into Nusantara...