Asimov at 100: A life of wonder
For Isaac Asimov, “nurturing ingenuity and insight through exploration, learning and communication was an ethical imperative and crucial for human progress”, writes digital ethicist David Leslie. It was an ethos that Asimov promoted through 20 million printed words. Discover Asimov’s career as a chemist, science popularizer and legend of science-fiction’s Golden Age.
Nature | 9 min readQUOTE OF THE DAY
“What was common sense in a world that once existed has become myth in the totally different world that now exists, and suicidal myth at that.”
The relentless pursuit of technological advancement and growth no longer serves humanity or the planet, said science fiction legend Isaac Asimov in 1971. (Nature)
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