I had programming in school but kind of lost interest and studied political sciences instead. When I tried to find a masters thesis idea I found a smallish boo

I had programming in school but kind of lost interest and studied political sciences instead. When I tried to find a masters thesis idea I found a smallish book about simulating growth of early nation states by using computer simulation of various factors, e.g. internal cohesion as a function of time. It was totally wild and fascinating at the same time. It did inspire my masters thesis and rekindled my interest in IT.