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The Thucydides Trap
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Predictive History
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Soylent Green
The term “Soylent” itself originates from the 1966 novel Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison.It was formed from: Thus: Soy + lent = Soylent In the novel, Soylent was merely a processed food source for an overcrowded and resource-starved world. But when adapted into the 1973 film starring Charlton Heston, the concept became darker…
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Predictive History
In Foundation (1951), famed mathematician and psychologist Hari Seldon has developed the science of psychohistory, which uses sophisticated mathematics and statistical analysis to predict future trends on a galactic scale. He has predicted the unavoidable and relatively imminent fall of the Galactic Empire, and intends to establish the Foundation, “a repository of crucial, civilization-preserving knowledge” that will enable society to…
