It would, but I don't see it as feasible. Also, I have a thing about incentives, and if the goal is to make it automated then it's probably not going to be unde

It would, but I don't see it as feasible. Also, I have a thing about incentives, and if the goal is to make it automated then it's probably not going to be understandable. Whereas if the goal is to make it understandable then there is going to be pressure to make it simpler. Simpler technology is also going to have some difficulty with fully automated replication (although, who knows! It may be an important step to that vision too). 500 students and eight years is, I hope, a high end. My true hope is more like 30 and 4 years. Also, the Civboot can be broken down into tasks and built of commodity hardware until replaced, with different groups working on different aspects. If one group can build precision engineering, another group can use equivalent commodity precision engineering to make lenses, ... chemistry, manufacturing, etc can then be bundled together to build a computer chip, that would be a great early success. A full sci-fi school can only happen once all the components are proven and properly documented. In the interim, students can use and learn from built components. Even if this never happens in full, I'm convinced it's pieces would be highly valuable. Edit: also, I can email you the relevant text if you prefer. Most of the size is my podcast and images, which should probably be moved to a separate repo and linked.