We all do it at the start of the year, some more obstreperously than others (prediction #27: dictionaries will be eclipsed by "Google define"). So here's my top 12: 1 - Peace on earth No, I've not recently read "How to win a pageant and influence people" nor have I any aspirations to win the Nobel Peace Prize (although, as I've always said, my greatest aspiration in life is to be quoted in a Nobel speech). I simply think that 2012 might be the year with the greatest likelihood to be the most peaceful in the history of mankind. Gone are (most of) the tyrants that started 2011 full of faith that they will see out another year "in office". While their removal, by their subjects or by God, may exacerbate conflict in their respective regions - imagine Kim Jong-un believing himself destined to conquer South Korea - I suspect these skirmishes will be restricted to the margin. The superpowers (read: China, Europe and the US) will have their domestic issues to deal with and would not want to get overextended abroad. Of course, international conflict, civil war and crime will continue to make headlines, but on a per capita basis - given the escalating global population - I predict that the world will be more peaceful place then ever before. (Which, incidentally, is what most "experts" apparently predicted at the start of 1914...)
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We all do it at the start of the year, some more obstreperously than others (prediction #27: dictionaries will be eclipsed by "Google define"). So here's my top 12: 1 - Peace on earth No, I've not recently read "How to win a pageant and influence people" nor have I any aspirations to win the Nobel Peace Prize (although, as I've always said, my greatest aspiration in life is to be quoted in a Nobel speech). I simply think that 2012 might be the year with the greatest likelihood to be the most peaceful in the history of mankind. Gone are (most of) the tyrants that started 2011 full of faith that they will see out another year "in office". While their removal, by their subjects or by God, may exacerbate conflict in their respective regions - imagine Kim Jong-un believing himself destined to conquer South Korea - I suspect these skirmishes will be restricted to the margin. The superpowers (read: China, Europe and the US) will have their domestic issues to deal with and would not want to get overextended abroad. Of course, international conflict, civil war and crime will continue to make headlines, but on a per capita basis - given the escalating global population - I predict that the world will be more peaceful place then ever before. (Which, incidentally, is what most "experts" apparently predicted at the start of 1914...)