It has occurred to me...

[lyman]

you never have

[togor]

you never have

darn it, right?

but it's not always about the echo chamber is it

[togor]

Found the article, BTW.

Dryheat may enjoy the read. Others too possibly.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/can-history-predict-future/616993/

[lyman]

Found the article, BTW.

Dryheat may enjoy the read. Others too possibly.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...future/616993/

was that posted here before?

I have read that article ,, not sure where I stumbled upon it

[Vern Humphrey]

"A historian believes he has discovered iron laws that predict the rise and fall of societies. "

Marxists believe history is a science and proceeds inexorably on the path Marx predicted. More than a century of failure has not disabused them of this fallacious notion.

[lyman]

"A historian believes he has discovered iron laws that predict the rise and fall of societies. "

Marxists believe history is a science and proceeds inexorably on the path Marx predicted. More than a century of failure has not disabused them of this fallacious notion.

I think these are companion, or articles written because someone saw something, or maybe even a fluff piece to get folks interested,

that article came out about the time the ad's for Foundation started up on the net,


if you have not read Foundation,, maybe you should,,

the story is about predicting history,

[Roadkingtrax]

"A historian believes he has discovered iron laws that predict the rise and fall of societies. "

Marxists believe history is a science and proceeds inexorably on the path Marx predicted. More than a century of failure has not disabused them of this fallacious notion.

All roads lead to authoritarian. Don't make it more complicated than it has to be.

[togor]

I think these are companion, or articles written because someone saw something, or maybe even a fluff piece to get folks interested,

that article came out about the time the ad's for Foundation started up on the net,


if you have not read Foundation,, maybe you should,,

the story is about predicting history,

I have the 4th book around here somewhere with a bookmark in it, half-read during a summer backcountry trip.

If all you took from that is hey yeah Hari Seldon! then that's a choice on your part. Others may find it an interesting read for other reasons.

[lyman]

I have the 4th book around here somewhere with a bookmark in it, half-read during a summer backcountry trip.

If all you took from that is hey yeah Hari Seldon! then that's a choice on your part. Others may find it an interesting read for other reasons.

not all I took at all, thinks for assuming as always,

however the timing was a bit much to be a coincidence,

[togor]

however the timing was a bit much to be a coincidence,

The mysterious ways of editors I guess.