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I remember Seldon, Salvor

Donal — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:40:08 +0000

I remember Seldon, Salvor Hardin, Bail Channis, Palver and the Mule. I never read the sequels or prequels. Maybe I should.

Maybe. I could not say

EmmaZahn — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:37:16 +0000

In reply to Neither. But I'm more

Maybe. I could not say without re-reading the whole thing. I did not even remember Hari Seldon's name. It has been that long.

Neither. But I'm more

Donal — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:21:49 +0000

In reply to LOL. Looks like I'll have

Neither. But I'm more interested in finding Preem Palver.

LOL. Looks like I'll have

EmmaZahn — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:12:10 +0000

In reply to Krugman's rebuttal

LOL.

Looks like I'll have to dig out my Foundation trilogy before deciding if both or neither deserve the mantle of psychohistorian. It's been a few decades since I read it.

Have a Merry Christmas and a

Resistance — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:07:54 +0000

In reply to Unfortunately for me, I

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year?

Another empty promise?

Pray for a deliverer; when the have-nots figure out, they'll never have anything but; empty promises.

Krugman's rebuttal

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:45:34 +0000

In reply to What role model is shared by

Krugman's rebuttal (paraphrased): This town ain't big enough for two Hari Seldons.

What role model is shared by

EmmaZahn — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:35:03 +0000

In reply to Krugman Is Scary This Morning

What role model is shared by Paul Krugman and Newt Gingrich?

Answer: Hari Seldon, Psychohistorian

Paul Krugman Became An Economist To Be Like His Science Fiction Hero - Business Insider

Newt Gingrich the Galactic Historian | History News Network

What a country!

Krugman is a hard-boiled

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:24:25 +0000

In reply to Krugman Is Scary This Morning

Krugman is a hard-boiled pessimist, best served with salt.

we may be in the phase where

Elusive Trope — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:44:07 +0000

In reply to I think the only problem we

we may be in the phase where upon history repeating itself for a second time, it is being repeated as a farce, and we left with the nostalgia of the days of the repeating when it was a tragedy filled with deep pathos. Now all we have is performance of deep bathos.

I think the only problem we

artappraiser — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:35:22 +0000

In reply to Krugman Is Scary This Morning

I think the only problem we are dealing with here is that the economic term depression has been ruined as to its original meaning by all the baggage of the Great Depression of the 1930's. We immediately go there with our thoughts when we hear the word. Why, for example, don't we see more history comparisons with "the Long Depression" of 1873-1896 or any of the others?

Edit to add, also too: history never repeats itself exactly the same way.