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Education: Ten weeks to save the world

Singularity University tries to breed world leaders by immersing students in futuristic concepts. Nicola Jones finds it a heady mix of grand claims, brilliant minds and cool gadgets.

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Nicola Jones is a commissioning editor for the Opinion section of Nature.

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Jones, N. Education: Ten weeks to save the world. Nature 467, 266–268 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/467266a

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