Isaac Asimov Foundation novel series predicted this. "The premise of the stories is that, in the waning days of a future Galactic Empire, the mathematician Har

Isaac Asimov Foundation novel series predicted this. "The premise of the stories is that, in the waning days of a future Galactic Empire, the mathematician Hari Seldon spends his life developing a theory of psychohistory, a new and effective mathematical sociology. Using statistical laws of mass action, it can predict the future of large populations." [1] 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_series