Nic, Nicely put but let me disagree with you -
1. The opulence in ME is very recent phenomena and they have survived (I must say bravely) keeping their culture, heritage intact, for ages amidst harshest of natural conditions. To say they’ll diminish, is little too much to ‘dream’.
2. Poverty & wealth will always exist but in cycles. Wealth moved in cycles, Asia to Europe and now to America and, it seems, cycle is turning again upside down. Who knows, if Asia is supplier of cheap labor today, tomorrow it may be Europe or America.
3. You’ve rightly put it, new continents are going to be growth engines of future, mainly Africa, Asia & South America.
4. even if O&G diminishes in ME , imagine positive possibilities like solar power revolution and imagine advantages ME has with the brightest SUN.
Many a times, we tend to imagine what suits to us. I’m neither an admirer nor a critic of ME/Qatar but trying to put a different perspective to Nic’s imagination of 2030. I assume it’ll still be shining , brighter perhaps, in 2030.
PS: Nic, I really enjoy your comments, always thoughtful :)-
Nic, Nicely put but let me disagree with you -
1. The opulence in ME is very recent phenomena and they have survived (I must say bravely) keeping their culture, heritage intact, for ages amidst harshest of natural conditions. To say they’ll diminish, is little too much to ‘dream’.
2. Poverty & wealth will always exist but in cycles. Wealth moved in cycles, Asia to Europe and now to America and, it seems, cycle is turning again upside down. Who knows, if Asia is supplier of cheap labor today, tomorrow it may be Europe or America.
3. You’ve rightly put it, new continents are going to be growth engines of future, mainly Africa, Asia & South America.
4. even if O&G diminishes in ME , imagine positive possibilities like solar power revolution and imagine advantages ME has with the brightest SUN.
Many a times, we tend to imagine what suits to us. I’m neither an admirer nor a critic of ME/Qatar but trying to put a different perspective to Nic’s imagination of 2030. I assume it’ll still be shining , brighter perhaps, in 2030.
PS: Nic, I really enjoy your comments, always thoughtful :)-