Krugman says he found himself in the science fiction of Isaac Asimov, especially the Foundation series—"It was nerds saving civilization, quants who had a theory of society, people writing equations on a blackboard, saying, 'See, unless you follow this formula, the empire will fail and be followed by a thousand years of barbarism.'"Krugman and I have something in common. (via io9)
Friday, April 03, 2009
Posted by Gerry Canavan at 12:30 PM
Labels: Foundation series, Hari Seldon, history, Isaac Asimov, Krugman, nerds, psychohistory, science fiction, Urtexts, welcome to my past
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