05-31-2018, 12:37 PM
(05-30-2018, 04:25 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: ...So what is Asimov's 'unpredictable event'? Having not read his Foundation Trilogy, I would have to guess...
The 'unpredictable event' was the arrival of the Mule. In the novels, the psychohistorian Hari Seldon assumed that all history was built on the efforts of the many, and no one person could disrupt that, though a fallback was also built in. I won't try to summarize the books, since they are not easily summarized.
BTW, The Foundation trilogy is nearly mandatory reading for T4Ters. In fact, we had a Hari Seldon on the old forum. The prequels and sequels are also good, but the trilogy is foundational, so to speak.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.