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# Welcome to the Autonomy Engine
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Are you frustrated by the state of the world? Good, that means you're awake.
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The world is kind of messed up right now, and I am sorry to say that nobody else
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is going to fix it for you. This is the first tenet of autonomy, the
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understanding and acceptance of your own agency - if you want to fix things,
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you will need to learn how to do it yourself. The good news is, you don't
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have to do it on your own. There's an old man in the cave over there, and he has
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something for you.
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**"IT'S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE! TAKE THIS."**
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he says, hearkening back to the classic 1986 Nintendo game *Battletoads*.
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Unlike the old man in that story, however, this one has a bit more information
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to give you before you set off on your quest.
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## "Wait, is this a sword?"
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In a way, yes. The autonomy engine is a tool for immersive education on how to
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use your devices to become a more empowered member of the increasingly
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digitalized society we live in today.
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The ae will not teach you how to program. Rather, it will teach you to avoid
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being programmed. The truth of the matter is that the cultural programming that
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has been installed into your psyche from a young age is not for your benefit.
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The systems that maintain control over the --
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## You press B repeatedly, hoping to swing your sword around
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Okay, I get it. You want to get to the good stuff. Fighting monsters, slaying
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dragons, that kind of thing. Here's how you get started.
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```
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git clone https://git.coalitionofinvisiblecolleges.org/Zen/ae
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cd ae
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make alchemy
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```
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## Discouraged by the lack of sword-swinging, you reach for your smartphone
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Yea, that makes sense. Your eyes seemed to glaze over as soon as I said the word
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'cultural programming' *blah, blah, blah. ...something about failsafe mechanisms... my goodness. Is he still talking?*
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*ahem --*
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**Child, you are late for class.**
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Sit down at your desk and open your notebook. There will be a quiz at the
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end of this class worth 5% of your grade. Today's lecture will be delivered
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remotely by a prestigous MIT professor, course notes are available
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[here](https://missing.csail.mit.edu/2020/course-shell/).
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[](https://youtu.be/Z56Jmr9Z34Q)
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Click the above video to get started.
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