[ExI] Heroism without self-sacrifice

[Eliezer S. Yudkowsky]

Max More wrote:
> Department of Strategic Philosophy
> Professor Max More
> Course 510: Extropic Myth Analysis
> 
> Your mission--should you choose to accept it--is to reconceptualize 
> the hero myth, removing the core element of self-sacrifice.
> 
> Essays may be of any length and in any format (but legible please--I 
> have to read and grade a dozen of these things).
> 
> Any student deserving an A grade on this assignment will immediately 
> receive a full Ph.D.

Damn, I wish that was serious.

BTW, http://www.maxmore.com/speaking.htm shows a 404.

-- 
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky                          http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence