Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross(@alexwg):"'This is the Government Educational Service. Your son, Richard M. Jordan, Classification 600-115, has completed the Government examination. We regret to inform you that his intelligence quotient has exceeded the Government regulation, according to Rule 84, Section 5, of the New Code.' ... 'You may specify by telephone,' the voice droned on, 'whether you wish his body interred by the Government or would you prefer a private burial place? The fee for Government burial is ten dollars.'"

Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross

@alexwg

Physicist, computer scientist, entrepreneur, and investor. Accelerating the Singularity. Co-host of Moonshots. Author of The Innermost Loop. #DontDecel#

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Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross@alexwg

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"'This is the Government Educational Service. Your son, Richard M. Jordan, Classification 600-115, has completed the Government examination. We regret to inform you that his intelligence quotient has exceeded the Government regulation, according to Rule 84, Section 5, of the New Code.' ... 'You may specify by telephone,' the voice droned on, 'whether you wish his body interred by the Government or would you prefer a private burial place? The fee for Government burial is ten dollars.'" - "Examination Day" by Henry Slesar (1958)

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