What are the similarities and differences between your post and your classmate’s? What argument did your classmate make that you found particularly persuasive? What additional point would you like your classmate to consider about making future predictions?

Considering the turbulence of the first part of this century (wars, food and fuel shortages, and so on), is looking to the past the best way to predict the future?
Why or why not?
Please respond substantively to at least one other post. If possible, select a post that presents a perspective unlike yours. Consider questions such as the following when responding to your classmate’s post:

What are the similarities and differences between your post and your classmate’s?
What argument did your classmate make that you found particularly persuasive?
What additional point would you like your classmate to consider about making future predictions?