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3: CrowdSourced Ed

Enable kids to learn from luminaries, visionaries and revolutionaries from every corner of the earth

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When Wikipedia launched in 2001, the skeptics came out en masse. Experts -- some of whom worked at Encyclopedia Britannica -- asked, how could "facts" sourced from the crowd be trusted? Well, it turns out the crowd knows more about the world than some academics do. And with a world that is changing so incredibly fast, why not create a format where kids can learn from luminaries, visionaries and revolutionaries from every corner of the earth? Imagine a university that taps the universe, saying, in essence, "None of us is as smart as all of us." Sign my kids up!

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