THESE STUDENTS' THESIS : SPECIAL GLOBAL ESSAY

PRESIDENT John F Kennedy : '' Ask not what the country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. ''

MANKIND'S philosopher and poet, - Esteemed  Dr. Mohammed Iqbal :  

'' Khudi na baych, gharibi may nam paida kar. ''  [ Don't sell your elf-esteem and conscience, make and mark your accomplishments in poverty.]

IN FIVE YEARS around 2030 plus - more than 50% of global students would have found an  unprecedented honour, dignity and psychological support and voice on !WOW!.

Around 2035-40, just about every student in the world would have some sort of safety net, the girls/female students fully in command and leadership and ever grateful to the great efforts, sacrifices, and trail blazing by the Global Founder Framers of The World Students Society.

Please believe this : that had the Global Founder Framers of !WOW!, considered, taking in Ads,  we would have billions of dollars in the Kitty. Our focus, for now, stays on the well-being of students, building and relating to every students' need, and not just money and wealth.

The belief that history is a critical guide for predicting the future is facing a severe test. The enduring idea is best encapsulated by former British prime minister Winston Churchill's 1944 observation :

'' The longer you can look back,  the further you can look forward.''

The Renaissance period thinker Niccolo Machiavelli argued that the people's fundamental desires and behaviours remain unchanged across epochs, which is why a close study of past events can aid one to predict future political and social dynamics.

The 19th century German ideologist Karl Marx  famously noted that history repeats itself, '' first as tragedy, then as farce.''

The 20th century Spanish philosopher George Santayana warned that those who cannot remember mistakes of the past are condemned to repeat them.

While this concept remains a popular belief, its relevance as '' a reliable predictive tool has begun to struggle. This is driven by unprecedented shifts in geopolitics, technology and ecology, which are introducing challenges without direct historical parallels.

For over a decade, many experts and political commentators have found their predictions consistently wrong.

A major contributing factor is their heavy reliance on historical parallels to understand current events - a methodology that is proving  insufficient for the new realities of the 21st century.

The past remains essential for context but, in the 21st century, it has ceased to be the definitive teacher.

The World Students Society thanks Nadeem F Paracha.