Inget annat än logisk spekulation (vad mer) från denna källa
Collectivism is the moral stance, political philosophy, ideology, or social outlook that emphasizes the significance of groups—their identities, goals, rights, outcomes, etc.—and tends to analyze issues in those terms.
Det verkar som om båda författarna åtminstone hade lite trovärdighet från denna idé.
"The Foundation series and the Robots stories, along with Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End, will probably be remembered as the last great and most eloquent arguments put forth for the idea of collectivism in the literature of science fiction."
Verkligen senare verkar herr Asimov ha lånat från Mr. Clarke
Many years after Asimov created the Foundation Trilogy, he extended his Foundation stories to include the idea that telepathic robots were guiding humanity towards the formation of a vast group mind, Galaxia.
En intressant bit om Mr. Clarke i Utgivare Vecko
Publishers Weekly wrote "the narrative leaps about too much to develop characters, but Clarke has never been as interested in individuals as in humanity's ability to accept change as a species.
De är inte de enda, Frank Herbert's Dune är också en studie i kollektivism, där över stora tider av tid historien spårar för och nackdelar med att behandla hela mänskligheten som en "samling".