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Psychohistory : we are in a Seldon Crisis
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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Jul 10, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Psychohistory is among the most important ideas born in science fiction.
A science that allows us to predict the future of human civilisation.
It's tempting to ask...could Psychohistory be real? Algorithms can control masses of humankind. Complexity science and agent based modelling are already predicting mass human behaviour.
And as we face our civilisational "Seldon Crisis" can we learn a less from Isaac Asimov about the future of humankind?
00:00 We are in a Seldon crisis
01:48 Isaac Asimov's Foundation
03:51 Why do civilisations collapse?
06:17 What is the Foundation saga about?
12:12 Psychohistory
17:50 The Metacrisis
26:07 Psyche & Civilisation
39:28 Resolving the Metacrisis
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A science that allows us to predict the future of human civilisation.
It's tempting to ask...could Psychohistory be real? Algorithms can control masses of humankind. Complexity science and agent based modelling are already predicting mass human behaviour.
And as we face our civilisational "Seldon Crisis" can we learn a less from Isaac Asimov about the future of humankind?
00:00 We are in a Seldon crisis
01:48 Isaac Asimov's Foundation
03:51 Why do civilisations collapse?
06:17 What is the Foundation saga about?
12:12 Psychohistory
17:50 The Metacrisis
26:07 Psyche & Civilisation
39:28 Resolving the Metacrisis
Follow the the Science Fiction podcast and become a member
https://damiengwalter.com/podcast/
Advanced Scifi & Fantasy Writing
https://damiengwalter.com/advanced-scifi-and-fantasy/
The Rhetoric of Story
https://damiengwalter.com/the-rhetoric-of-story/
Join the discussion on the Science Fiction community https://www.facebook.com/groups/324897304599197
The best book to understand Ken Wilber https://amzn.to/3NSwBnu
Read the Foundation saga https://amzn.to/3yp65MN
Released:
Jul 10, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (50)
The prophetic visions of Philip K Dick: We are living in strange times. Politics. Society. Culture wars. Things have gone weird. We're looking for knowledge and wisdom to guide us in strange times. I can think of no better guide to the year 2022 than Philip K Dick. The author of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, the inspiration for Blade Runner, is best known as a science fiction writer. But after his infamous spiritual awakening and the events of 2-3-74, Philip K Dick became something more....a visionary prophet who saw our strange times coming. 00:00 Welcome to strange times 01:07 The prophetic Philip K Dick 03:45 A career of three parts 08:54 2-3-74 12:40 The films of Philip K Dick 15:24 The nine prophetic visions of Philip K Dick 15:47 NINE - The Exit Door Leads In 18:10 EIGHT - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep 21:21 SEVEN - Chains of Air, Web of Aether 24:59 SIX - The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch 28:12 FI by Science Fiction