Comments on: Krugman’s Introduction to Asimov’s Foundation Series https://www.isegoria.net/2012/11/krugmans-introduction-to-asimovs-foundation-series/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:01:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2012/11/krugmans-introduction-to-asimovs-foundation-series/comment-page-1/#comment-624463 Isegoria Wed, 07 Nov 2012 03:39:29 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=30366#comment-624463 Krugman’s introduction is included in the Folio Society‘s new edition of the Foundation trilogy.

]]> By: Bill https://www.isegoria.net/2012/11/krugmans-introduction-to-asimovs-foundation-series/comment-page-1/#comment-624372 Bill Wed, 07 Nov 2012 01:34:36 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=30366#comment-624372 What version of Foundation has this Introduction? Can you link to it on Amazon? Thanks!

]]> By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2012/11/krugmans-introduction-to-asimovs-foundation-series/comment-page-1/#comment-622962 Isegoria Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:54:41 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=30366#comment-622962 I’m sure Krugman understands the difference between mythical destiny and psychohistory, even if he is a little too confident in his own abilities.

]]> By: Ross https://www.isegoria.net/2012/11/krugmans-introduction-to-asimovs-foundation-series/comment-page-1/#comment-622368 Ross Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:59:58 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=30366#comment-622368 There’s no “fate”, “predestination” etc. The only “mythical destiny” is that imagined by Krugman (and later, by the trilogy’s increasingly unknowing characters along the vast timeline.)

Psychohistory, as pitched beautifully by Asimov, is tantalizing blend of predictive cliodynamics, crowd psychology, and advanced statistics, the outputs of which were all tracked, updated and even manipulated and managed by Seldon’s benevolently-purposed fifth column, The Second Foundation.

Seldon’s pre-recorded pronouncements tracked Galactic events eerily well, with only slight deviations over time, until the black swan of The Mule kicked the model (and predictions) off track.

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