Seldon checklist 1. Does your writing span at least 3000 BC to 3000 AD? 2. Can you explain why chaos wouldn’t make psychohistory impossible? 3. Do you have a paper idea for a prime radiant? 4. Do you have a dark-age-shortening plan? 5. Does your plan have inner/outer parts?
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By my more rigorous new standards, Thielverse does not qualify, though in 2016 I thought it might. https://twitter.com/vgr/status/757343946863292417?s=21 …https://twitter.com/vgr/status/757343946863292417 …
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I eventually mapped Trump to the demagogue in the last days of empire, Laskin “Jo Jo” Joranum. By that mapping, Thiel would be one of his backers. Trump as Mule doesn’t work. He’s a consequence of history, not a driver. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Foundation_series_characters#Laskin_Joranum …
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A Mule figure would have to be more like Genghis Khan. Exploding from the margins to materially throw history off course.
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well, yarvin also did that. urbit is functioning today.
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