Isaac Asimov Is Born

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JANUARY 2, 1920

Petrovichi, Russia (now Russia)
105 years ago

On January 2, 1920, Isaac Asimov was born — a writer whose imagination would shape how humanity thinks about the future, technology, and itself.

Emigrating to the United States as a child, Asimov became a Russian-American author and biochemist, best known for his groundbreaking science fiction works, including the Foundation series and I, Robot. Over a lifetime of writing, he produced more than 500 books, spanning science fiction, popular science, history, and philosophy.

Few authors have influenced modern thought as profoundly, or as widely.

—— WHY THIS MATTERS ——

Asimov did more than tell stories; he built intellectual frameworks.

His Foundation series introduced the concept of psychohistory, blending mathematics, sociology, and history to predict the behavior of civilizations. Meanwhile, I, Robot presented the famous Three Laws of Robotics, which remain a cornerstone of ethical discussions around artificial intelligence to this day.

Long before computers were powerful, Asimov explored questions of automation, governance, ethics, and human dependency on machines. In doing so, he transformed science fiction from pulp entertainment into a serious lens for examining the future.

—— THE TAKEAWAY ——

The future doesn’t arrive unimagined.

Isaac Asimov showed that ideas shape destiny, and that storytelling can prepare societies for technologies they have yet to invent. His work reminds us that progress requires not only innovation, but rules, foresight, and responsibility.

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