Future of the Global Village: List of Uncertainties

• Will United Nation still exist in 2020?
• Will the countries in Asia develop into another "United Nation" in 2020?
• Will the number of country still the same as it is now in 2020?
• Do people still need visa to enter any country in 2020?
• Will there still be trade barriers to trade among countries?
• Will the import and export taxes among countries be canceled in 2020?
• Are we going to have a single currency in 2020?
• Will all people all over the world be able to speak English in 2020?
• Are we going to have TV channels as many TV station in the world and all are in English?
• Will TV be taken place by computer or Internet?
• Will it possible to study at UCLA in the morning, have lunch in Italy, and go back home to Singapore in the afternoon as daily activities in 2020?
• Can we communicate easily and cheaply to all people in the world, anytime and anywhere in 2020?
• Will the international trade still grow?
• Will the international investment be more globalized?
• Will the production more massive?
• Will the regional economy more important?
• Will the international financial organizations play a more important role?
• Will the international financial market be more important?
• Will the nature resources matter?
• Are national governments willing to develop together?
• Will the internet be developed bigger and better?
• Will there be no illness that can not be cured?
• Will all the people control everything such as business, industry at home through Internet or other technology?
• Will robot be used widely and as intelligent as real people?
• Will there be a virtual school that children all over the world can learn any course of any school through internet?
• Will there be no war in 2020 that the whole world is just like one big peaceful "village"?