First, in a truly substantive posting of three paragraphs or equivalent in bullet notes, project to the future given the rate and nature of globalization. Will continents, even the world, move to a supranational or global currency? How about culture? Will cultures worldwide become a sort of melting pot the way the US became a melting pot? Did the US culture become a melting pot? Will the US remain a world leader in commerce and ideas, or which nation will take over… or will something else happen?