Uplifting News: Good News in History, January 2 | Good News Today
Uplifting News: Good News in History, January 2 | Good News Today Why this story matters: In a time when pessimism is easy, this story provides a grounded reason for optimism. Quick summary: This story highlights recent developments related to on this day, showing how constructive action can lead to meaningful results. Today is also National Science Fiction Day, a date that honors the birth, 106 years ago, of literary sci-fi genius Isaac Asimov. A Russian immigrant in Brooklyn, he taught himself to read at age 5, skipped several grades, and got his high school diploma at 15. He sold his first short story at the age of 19, and became famous for his I, Robot and Foundation series books. (1920) Wikimedia Commons Asimov, pronounced, as he described it like “has” “him” “of”, was nothing short of a prodigy, writing far more than 100 books over his life, including dozens of nonfiction textbooks on science, particularly biology and metabolism, and popular science communication. Concluding the major part of his sci-fi fiction writing in 1939, it wouldn’t be unti…