📚Isaac Asimov's Foundation series is a science fiction masterpiece that champions the values of rationality, reason, and science in a world increasingly driven by irrationality and superstition.
🌌The Foundation series envisions a future where a collapsing Galactic Empire gives rise to a new civilization built on principles of science and reason, contrasting the old empires of corrupt power and totalitarian control.
🧙♂️Isaac Asimov's protagonist, Harry Seldon, uses the science of psychohistory, a discipline based on statistical sciences like economics, to accurately predict human behavior and navigate the challenges of a collapsing empire.
📙Foundation serves as a metaphor for the challenges and triumphs of modern civilization, exploring the complacency of liberal societies and the dangers of blindly relying on authority and tradition.
⚙️The Foundation series has had a significant influence on science fiction and popular culture, inspiring the creation of other fictional universes and exploring the grand themes of human civilization and progress.