1 . ▁ ▁Gol an ▁Tre v ize ▁Tre v ize ▁was ▁a ▁citiz en ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁Foundation . ▁He ▁is ▁a ▁former ▁officer ▁of ▁the ▁military ▁forces ▁and ▁later ▁elected ▁to ▁Council . ▁He ▁is ▁self - conf ident , ▁almost ▁to ▁the ▁point ▁of ▁rud eness , ▁and ▁ar rog ant , ▁but ▁also ▁intellig ent ▁and ▁with ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁jud g ement . ▁He ▁is ▁entr usted ▁upon ▁by ▁Ga ia ▁to ▁decide ▁whether ▁the ▁future ▁history ▁and ▁evolution ▁of ▁the ▁Gal axy ▁and ▁the ▁human ▁species ▁will ▁be ▁sh aped ▁by ▁the ▁First ▁or ▁the ▁Second ▁Foundation ▁or ▁by ▁Ga ia , ▁and ▁which ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁courses ▁of ▁action ▁represented ▁by ▁the ▁three ▁parties ▁is ▁the ▁best ▁choice ▁for ▁human ity . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁clim ax ▁to ▁Foundation ' s ▁Edge , ▁he ▁cho oses ▁Ga ia , ▁using ▁his ▁particular ▁intu ition . ▁In ▁ ▁the ▁sequ el , ▁Foundation ▁and ▁Earth , ▁he ▁deb ates ▁with ▁himself ▁why ▁— ▁and ▁if ▁— ▁he ▁made ▁the ▁right ▁decision . ▁He ▁searches ▁for ▁Earth ▁and ▁meets ▁R . ▁D ane el ▁Oliv aw , ▁on ▁Earth ' s ▁moon . ▁Oliv aw ▁discuss es ▁with ▁him ▁the ▁Z er oth ▁Law ▁of ▁Rob ot ics , ▁ ▁and ▁Tre v ize ▁suddenly ▁real ises ▁the ▁most ▁basic ▁post ulate ▁of ▁Psych oh istory : ▁the ▁species ▁the ▁predictions ▁were ▁being ▁made ▁for ▁must ▁be ▁humans , ▁under ▁the ▁assumption ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁alone ▁in ▁the