There are seven novels in the Foundation Series: Prelude to the Foundation, Base, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation, foundation edge, Foundation and Earth Y forward the foundation. The Foundation Trilogy is composed of Base, Foundation and EmpireY Second Foundation. I read all the books in the trilogy in order, one after another. As some of you may know, science fiction is not a genre that I enjoy and I resist many books of that nature, but I am trying to be more complete.

During the summer of 2010, I picked up a copy of Great reads from The Reading Man 2010 series from the Toronto Metropolitan Reference Library because I was curious and wanted to see what books men like to read. I flipped through the booklet and focused on the books that were written long ago and read the summary of the books these men provided. I think that Foundation Trilogy novels because they were published in the 1950s, and since I don’t like science fiction, I was unlikely to ever read them.

Here’s the summary, which Darren MacDonald provided for The Foundation Trilogy at great reads:

“A sweeping fictional epic about the fall of the Galactic Empire spanning 25 million worlds. The Foundation, bent on individual action and freedom, is a colony dedicated to science and the creation of a new empire. The Second Foundation, unknown to the former, it works to guide the future by leaving them masters of the universe. The trilogy is about ideas in action, particularly the trade-offs between individual freedom and central planning, fate and free will. It’s also an entertaining space opera” .

From that description, would you like to read Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov? I like books that are thought provoking and that you can learn things from, and the Foundation Trilogy certainly did that.

At first I struggled with the first novel because it was foreign to me, and several decades passed between each section, so new characters would appear, but I relaxed and opened myself to the possibilities. The main character is Hari Seldon although he dies very early in the book. Seldon is a psychologist and mathematically brilliant. He established and legitimized the field of “psychohistory,” which is the study of humanity, and calculated historical predictions of the future and outlined them in what later became known as The Seldon Plan. He predicted massive action by human groups, the eventual demise of the Galactic Empire, and the rebirth of a new Galactic Empire.

The Commission of Public Safety banished Seldon and the scientists working for him at the Foundation to another planet, Terminus. The Commission thought they were punishing Seldon, but he bested them because Terminus was where he wanted to land. In historical predictions spanning centuries, Hari Seldon predicted a series of crises that can be overcome. But he didn’t say what the crises were, so a thought leader (Salvor Hardin, Lathan Devers, etc.) within the Foundation had to acknowledge the crisis, work collaboratively and strategically to avert the crisis without using sheer force. . Foundation thought leaders always looked at the weaknesses of their enemies and exploited them.

Tea Foundation Trilogy it’s brilliant because it demonstrates strategy in action. He highlights the dangers of not thinking for oneself, accepting the status quo, and not having a Plan B. He sees how the normalcy bias develops, where people underestimate the possibility, severity, and impact of an impending disaster, so that are not properly prepared. When Seldon did the calculations for his historical predictions, he assumed that humanity would remain the same. The Foundation was defeated during a crisis because Seldon would not allow anomalies like “Mule”, a mutant who could control people’s emotions and make them do his bidding.

After I was halfway through the first book, I really got into the story and devoured all three books in record time. I suspect that if you’re a sci-fi fan, you’ll jump into the first book early on.

key lessons

1. Think for yourself, or others will do it for you.
2. Things are rarely what they seem, so dig below the surface.
3. Do not accept things as they are simply because it is the status quo.
4. What are your assumptions based on? Try them!
5. Nothing stays the same.
6. When creating scenarios in decision making, have you taken into account the normalcy bias?

While reading the books, I was reminded that we can find ideas for innovation by looking at the past. For example, in Second Foundation (1953), Arcadia Darrell is working on her school assignment, “The Future of Seldon’s Plan,” and told her essay to her “transcriber,” which she did. typed. The “transcriber” is what we call speech recognition software, which still has a long way to go for us. The “transcriber” “Will write and punctuate correctly according to the meaning of the sentence…encourage the user to use careful enunciation and breathing to ensure correct spelling, not to mention demanding proper and graceful delivery for correct punctuation “. It would be great when we get to that stage with the technologies we have today.

Books also talk about book movies which are e-books. There is an emphasis on miniaturization and consuming less electricity. I recommend the Foundation Trilogy: Base, Foundation and EmpireY Second Foundation because there are many lessons scattered throughout the book, and there may be an idea that you can implement, and the story is indeed an epic.