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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Stand tall, me lads and lasses of Extropia!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are going to break out of the funk we have been in for the last couple years, and this is our crowbar: Stanford is trying an interesting experiment whereby they are offering an interesting course completely online, no cost, just sign up and study like you were back in college:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://singularityhub.com/2011/08/18/100000-sign-up-for-stanfords-open-class-on-artificial-intelligence-classes-with-1-million-next/?utm_source=The+Harvest+Is+Bountiful&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5feb6d8d6b-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN">http://singularityhub.com/2011/08/18/100000-sign-up-for-stanfords-open-class-on-artificial-intelligence-classes-with-1-million-next/?utm_source=The+Harvest+Is+Bountiful&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5feb6d8d6b-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You can take online quizzes and tests, measure your progress, all the stuff we used to do so tragically many years ago. Let’s get with it, a bunch of us take this, and liven the discussion here beyond the subtle shades of meaning between twin words.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Who is with me?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ps Whoever it is putting together Singularity Hub, THANK YOU, and double plus THANK YOU! You guys are on it! Your stuff is EXCELLENT! Keith Kleiner? Aaron Saenz? Why the heck are you guys not hanging out on ExI-chat? We will drop the wordplay! For a while anyway. {8^D Anyone here friends with Keith and Aaron? Do invite them. s<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>