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Searching for the numinous. Co-purveyor of https://quantum.country/ 

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    michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 24 May 2016
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    michael_nielsen Retweeted Joe Edelman  🐝

    I'd love to hear other people's conclusion to the sentence, "If I could start a university program, it'd be ___"https://twitter.com/edelwax/status/735023913948811264 …

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    Joe Edelman  🐝 @edelwax
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    .@michael_nielsen if I could start a university program, it'd be "Economics and Protocol Design"
    11:03 AM - 24 May 2016
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      2. Jonathan Edwards‏ @jonathoda 25 May 2016
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        Richard Gabriel came close to getting this going several times: https://www.dreamsongs.com/MFASoftware.html …

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      3. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 25 May 2016
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        It's a lovely idea and document. Have you seen @sfpc? Or even the ITP Masters program? Somewhat similar.

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      2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 24 May 2016
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        Essay writing.

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      3. Sarah Armstrong‏ @SOA_USA 25 May 2016
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        Life Skills (basic budgeting, reading a fin. stmt., intro. to negotiating, basic leadership, how to read a paystub)

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      2. Jonathan Edwards‏ @jonathoda 24 May 2016
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        @edelwax Software as a Humanity

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        perhaps the next step is to make bibliographies for these programs, then gather those who've read them

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      2. Oz‏ @oznova_ 24 May 2016
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        "data and reality", named after and expanding upon the excellent book

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      3. Oz‏ @oznova_ 24 May 2016
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        ^ conclusion after running gedanken for real http://bradfieldcs.com/undergrad  . called "modeling and simulation" bc marketing

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      1. John Williams‏ @johncomposed 25 May 2016
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        _Very_ high level systems architecture. Intersecting CS, info design, development economics, and political incentives.

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        ... "unusual" applications of cryptography.

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