Miscellany

Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
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There is, of course, no legitimate branch of science that enables us to predict the future accurately. Yet the degree of change in the world is so overwhelming and so promising that the future, I believe, is far brighter than anyone has contemplated since the end of the Second World War.

~Adapted from Allan E. Goodman, A Brief History of the Future: The United States in a Changing World Order.
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Assignment: Is the world changing for the better? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, and observations.