Can mathematics predict the rise and fall of entire empires?
In short: Explore the origins of the Foundation series, the first science fiction saga to feature a galactic empire. This video breaks down how a single man's mathematical predictions shaped the survival of human knowledge.
The series centers on Hari Seldon, who used a mathematical discipline called psychohistory to forecast the collapse of a galactic empire spanning 25 million worlds. Seldon identified that the empire fell because the capital planet, Trantor, could no longer manage its massive bureaucratic and administrative demands.
To mitigate the coming dark age, Seldon devised a plan to establish the Foundation on the distant world of Terminus. The primary goal was to preserve all human knowledge within the Encyclopedia Galactica, a project involving thousands of humans dedicated to shortening the period of chaos following the empire's crash.
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