More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.
The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting at the proper moment what we know.
The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression whether they are paintings sculptures tragedies or musical compositions.
Situational unawareness in the private marketplace or on the battlefield will cost you your livelihood or your life. In the Age of Obama however such willful ignorance is a job prerequisite. The less you know the better.