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I feel like I must be missing something. SingularityU is going to tackle the biggest issues of our time by educating 30 people for $25k a piece? It really see

by jonmc12 18y ago

I feel like I must be missing something. SingularityU is going to tackle the biggest issues of our time by educating 30 people for $25k a piece? It really seems like there is an opportunity here to include masses of world changers instead of only targeting corporate executives who will use the information as it best suits the needs of their shareholders.

gravitycop 18y ago
I think the idea is to create 30 more Ray Kurzweils, so that Ray can then be 31 times as effective. Or something like that: http://singularity-university.org/overview http://singularity-university.org/overview Singularity University aims to assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies and apply, focus and guide these tools to address humanity’s grand challenges. http://singularity-university.org/about/faq/#student http://singularity-university.org/about/faq/#student 3. We are looking for proven leaders and entrepreneurs. We are looking for the next generation of CEO’s, University Deans/Presidents and Government leaders. Oxford has been doing essentially the same thing for hundreds of years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford#History The list of distinguished scholars at the University of Oxford is long and includes many who have made major contributions to British politics, the sciences, medicine, and literature. More than forty Nobel laureates and more than fifty world leaders have been affiliated with the University of Oxford.
gravitycop 18y ago
educating 30 people for $25k a piece? It really seems like there is an opportunity here to include masses of world changers instead of only targeting corporate executives They are not merely targeting corporate executives, and they are planning on graduating more than 30 students per year: http://singularity-university.org/about/faq/#gsp http://singularity-university.org/about/faq/#gsp Program Track # students freq/year grad/year Graduate Studies 30-120 1 30-120 Mid-Level Mgmt 40 8 320 C-Level Mgmt 20 8 160 Total/year: 410-500 Only the Graduate Studies Program is limited to 30 students, and then only in the first year. "[...] subsequent years will have a program size of ~120."

by jonmc12 18y ago

gravitycop 18y ago

I think the idea is to create 30 more Ray Kurzweils, so that Ray can then be 31 times as effective. Or something like that: http://singularity-university.org/overview http://singularity-university.org/overview Singularity University aims to assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies and apply, focus and guide these tools to address humanity’s grand challenges. http://singularity-university.org/about/faq/#student http://singularity-university.org/about/faq/#student 3. We are looking for proven leaders and entrepreneurs. We are looking for the next generation of CEO’s, University Deans/Presidents and Government leaders. Oxford has been doing essentially the same thing for hundreds of years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford#History The list of distinguished scholars at the University of Oxford is long and includes many who have made major contributions to British politics, the sciences, medicine, and literature. More than forty Nobel laureates and more than fifty world leaders have been affiliated with the University of Oxford.

gravitycop 18y ago

educating 30 people for $25k a piece? It really seems like there is an opportunity here to include masses of world changers instead of only targeting corporate executives They are not merely targeting corporate executives, and they are planning on graduating more than 30 students per year: http://singularity-university.org/about/faq/#gsp http://singularity-university.org/about/faq/#gsp Program Track # students freq/year grad/year Graduate Studies 30-120 1 30-120 Mid-Level Mgmt 40 8 320 C-Level Mgmt 20 8 160 Total/year: 410-500 Only the Graduate Studies Program is limited to 30 students, and then only in the first year. "[...] subsequent years will have a program size of ~120."