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Foundation - Book - Isaac Asimov - 1951 (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 months ago by jet@hackertalks.com to c/media_reviews@hackertalks.com

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I finally got around to reading foundation, I picked it up this afternoon, it was quite a breezy read, finished the entire book in a few hours.

Very much worth the read! I'm a little disappointed the version I have has advertisements for Apple TV yet still has typos and printing errors 75 years after the first printing.....

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The psychohistorian aspect is interesting, i think it could have been explored a bit more, the first book discusses it a bit (predicting moments in history though large crowd predictions vs great man theory). After the first book its taken as mythic gospel (by design)....

The pattern for each age appears to be those resisting change are blind to their folly and those embracing a new dynamic win, it would be fun to have a chapter on a moment when staying the course was the right method (i.e. all the time between the 75 year incidents).

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Without spoiling anything I can say that the psychohistorian aspect is explored more in the remaining books in the series, and a few plots revolve around where it falls short.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 3 months ago

Good to know! I look forward to it! Thank you