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Predicting the future is difficult. Most predictions are either uninteresting or erroneous, because it is difficult to capture the surprising and critical breakpoints. Let's take The year 1989 as an example. They found at least three major events place: if the item was the large demonstrations on Tianamen Square in Beijing, at the same time, the idea of the World Wide Web was launched, and in the fall the Berlin Wall. In retrospect it is easy a look at each of these three events changed the world, each on its feed. Adapted from the source document.

In the fall of 2005, the Danish paper Jyllands-Posten printed a dozen cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. During the ensuing debate, a group of Danish Muslims wrote a critical pamphlet on the affair & visited several Middle-Eastern countries where they presented their side of the story. Their actions helped trigger the wave of anti-Danish demonstrations that washed across the Middle East in the spring of 2006. Western commentators criticized the actions of the Danish Muslims, condemning the way in which the group had contacted authorities of alien states to bring pressure to bear on their own behalf. This, however, has long been common practice among Western groups - especially among liberal groups that seek to further individual freedoms & rights. Several lessons may be drawn from this so-called cartoon affair. One of them is that the tactics of these Western liberals can easily be adopted by others. In a globalized world, these tactics may even be used against liberal Western ideals. Figures, References. Adapted from the source document.