Brian pointed me to a great project in LA called The Public School. The website is kind of a mix between a wiki, a blog, and a registrar’s office. Anyone can propose a class, people sign up for it, and if there’s enough interest, the class is offered. I loved their formula for assessing the cost of each class: “(Hourly Teachers Fee x (Classroom Hours + Preparation Hours)) + Materials + (Administration + Overhead).” If you’re living nearby, it might not be too late to sign up for Luck, taught by Xárene Eskandar, which starts on 13 August at 7pm. The course description reads as follows: “The true nature of luck and how to make your own. A self-help course for artists and others. Jean Cocteau: ‘Of course I believe in luck. How otherwise to explain the success of some people you detest?’”