Second Foundation was written by Issac Assimov in his science fiction foundation series books. It was founded by the fictional Hari Seldon as a budding colony of psychologists and mentalics, people with telepathic abilities, located "at Star's End", an intentionally obscure term used by Seldon.

The establishment, location and development of this Foundation was a secret, "drowned in silence" to increase its effectiveness and security. The Second Foundation is governed by a council of the strongest mentalics, called the Speakers. However, the name "Speaker" is a misnomer, because, being telepaths, the use of actual speech is quite unnecessary. The leader of the group is the First Speaker. The only formal power of the First Speaker was to speak first at meetings of the Speaker's Table, but in practice it conferred significantly more power.

We decided it is about time Hari Seldon’s legacy is fulfilled.

If you enjoy great [often contrarian] discourse with interesting and pioneering people, Second Foundation was made for you. We work to create good incentives in order to put a stop to a sort of “cultural amnesia” on the topic of how progress is made. We view this as a fundamental ‘long-game’ social threat and worthy of study.

We offer:

Carefully consider social issues in an unbiased manner
Funding to promote results that are critical to the success of the field/sector that you are in
Produce private reports for our members on assessment of tech progress
Award members with competitive prizes for excellent original work
Offer newly graduating students connections and opportunity in industry: based on their outstanding merits
Run workshops and private meetings in the name of members in order to effectively share critiques in a safe space
When applicable provide patent and invention royalties and support for legal fees directly to our membership

Yes, in addition to creating awareness of your issue in various ways, depending on the perceived threat level, the invention, or the subject matter, we may even engage lawyers on your behalf.

If it indeed falls under one of our areas of focus, then we just might be able to co-develop it with you, from cradle to grave.

Recommend members.

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