I have been working on developing a version of Psychohistory, as inspired by Asimov, and I have come to one conclusion. Asimov's view of Psychohistory is often misinterpreted. Getting down to basic principles, Psychohistory is not about predicting history, not in the least. It is about controlling the outcome of history. Further, it is about shortening or lessening the human suffering. It obvious that the Dark Ages is a metaphor. If we could have used the model of Psychohistory to shorten the time of trouble following the fall of Rome, instead of four or five centuries, the Dark Ages would have lasted twenty-five or thirty years