Musk shares Asimov's psychohistory excerpt on truth vs. loyalty
elonmusk · x · 2026-10-30
Elon Musk retweeted the classic Foundation scene where Hari Seldon defends his psychohistorical prediction that Trantor will lie in ruins within five centuries, insisting "scientific truth is beyond loyalty and disloyalty." No comment added — read as the usual Musk-style signaling about civilizational prediction via sci-fi.
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