[ale] (OT) Minnesota bans Coursera: State takes bold stand against free education.

[Jim Kinney]

the world is screwy.

On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Michael Trausch <mike at trausch.us> wrote:

> I am currently taking a class on this site as is Erica. Mine is a logic
> course from Stanford; hers is programming and I think also from Stanford.
>
> What is the problem with our world? Now we can make free services illegal
> too? What the hell happened to criminal activities having to cause harm to
> person or property?
>
>
> http://mobile.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/10/18/minnesota_bans_coursera_state_takes_bold_stand_against_free_education.html
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