I recommend reading David Ignatius’s quiz in his last Washington Post column of 2023. His questions are:
- On Dec. 31, 2024, the status of the war in Ukraine will be
- Russian President Vladimir Putin will close 2024 as
- Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s biggest surprise in 2024 will be
- The Gaza War will end with
- The CIA’s biggest surprise in 2024 will be
- North Korea’s Kim Jong Un will stun the world in 2024 by
- The most significant technology development of 2024 will be
- The biggest economic story of 2024 will be
- The most destabilizing and potentially dangerous military trend of 2024 will be
- The news-business shocker of the year will be
It’s a multiple choice test.. I gather that at least some of his choices are satirical.
In general my answers are all “None of the above”, mostly because I think that several of the choices are likely to occur. For example, here’s his question about North Korea:
AFAICT only the alternative of the hypersonic cruise missile is possible and it’s very unlikely.
And here’s the economic question:
I think the first, second, fifth, and sixth are all possible but that the biggest economic story of 2024 will be something that isn’t even in his list.
At any rate you may find his list amusing or frustrating. Or both.
