Anybody else have trouble reading Foundation? I wanted to read it because I never have. I tried reading it once when I was younger, but I never made it past the first couple of pages. I enjoyed 'I Robot' and 'Azimov's Mysteries', but as I was reading Foundation, I kept getting a flashback to the movie 'Live Free or Die Hard' when Bruce Willis and Justin Long (the kid from Galaxy Quest/Apple commercials) were riding along and CCR was playing on the radio:
Justin: "What? What? What are you doing? What is that?"
Bruce: "It's Credence. Credence Clearwater Revival. CCR. Classic Rock."
Justin: " I know what it is. It's old rock. It doesn't make it 'Classic'."
I just couldn't quite wrap my head around mathematical psychology and technology as a religion. And it was like: the Galactic Empire is going to collapse, but it won't be gone for long if we treat people like they are stupid and manipulate them every chance we get.
Is it just me?
Justin: "What? What? What are you doing? What is that?"
Bruce: "It's Credence. Credence Clearwater Revival. CCR. Classic Rock."
Justin: " I know what it is. It's old rock. It doesn't make it 'Classic'."
I just couldn't quite wrap my head around mathematical psychology and technology as a religion. And it was like: the Galactic Empire is going to collapse, but it won't be gone for long if we treat people like they are stupid and manipulate them every chance we get.
Is it just me?
Not really recommending it, not really panning it either, it had it's moments but... Ten. Long. Books. :file_19: In the end I was just glad to be done.
