Framtiden nu

I am just reading “Foundation and Earth” by Isaac Asimov and have to say how impressed I am by Assimov as an author. Although “Foundation and Earth” is not his best book it reminds me what a great author Asimov is.

Source: Wikipedia. Note: Don’t click on the link. The wikipedia page contains spoliers.

The original Foundation-series is an amazing piece of work and is as relevant as ever. Let me explain why.

The central theme in the series is the struggle between viewing mankind as individuals versus seeing mankind as a giant anthill or beehive. With the transformation of media that is happening right now, both when it comes to how information spreads (in realtime) and who spreads it (anyone), I believe we are taking a small step from isolated individuals towards a giant anthill. Just look at Wikipedia, without knowing it thousands of us have created the world’s (arguably) best encylopedia, just like ants that slowly put in small straws without knowing that the final result will be an anthill.

Some might find the thought of comparing mankind to an anthill saddening. But I actually find it encouraging. Maybe our society is heading towards a goal too difficult for us to comprehend and every little straw that we put in leads us towards that goal?

What do you think, an encouraging thought or a sad thought?

Just changed the theme of this blog to a much simpler one (Thank you Jim!). I wanted something that is easy on the eyes and encourages long reading sessions in front of the screen. Because you are all planning to do that, no ?

On a sidenote, my wedding is next week so I have put all my spare time into wedding arrangements. Alot of people ask me how planning a wedding can take so long time. To them I say, try filling a hundred small bags with rice and tie them up with a ribbon and see how you like that.

But as soon as the honeymoon is over I will be back writing! For some reason I have been finding stuff that I want to write about every other day for the past few weeks. Now I just need the time to put them into coherent writing.

And speaking of writing, I have a big question I need to ask you all as soon as I am back. But I will save that for later.