Everything you need to know about Issac Asimov's Foundation, a book that inspires Elon Musk

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As you may guess from his work, SpaceX and Tesla Motors mogul Elon Musk is a big science fiction fan.

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He especially cites Issac Asimov's 1951 novel Foundation and its sequels as a huge inspiration on his life's work.

But what bearing can this science fiction novel, written at the height of the Cold War, have to teach us today? Let's take a look.

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