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Reminds me of Neal Stephenson’s “Snow Crash”, where he described the ancient world being so stuck in a set of fixed algorithms for how to do things that made an
by periheli0n 5y ago
Reminds me of Neal Stephenson’s “Snow Crash”, where he described the ancient world being so stuck in a set of fixed algorithms for how to do things that made any progress impossible. Only the Babylonian Confusion fixed this deadlock by destroying the ability to communicate (and exchange algorithms). Highly recommended read.
- pantalaimon 5y agoIsaac Asimov describes a similar situation about the downfall of the Galactic Empire in „Foundations“ It's basically the fall of the Roman Empire, but set in the future and with a outpost at the edge of the galaxy to preserve some of the knowledge across the dark ages.
- periheli0n 5y agoPsychohistory FTW ;)
- pantalaimon 5y agoOr as it's called these days Big Data
- CRConrad 5y agoYeah, Asimov's "psychohistory" was also an empty fictional buzzword.