My Academic Journey: From OSU to MRU

By Wendell, Bard-President of the Mythocratic Republic

Before the Mythocratic Republic University (MRU) emerged in its current form, there was another institution quietly shaping my mind, my method, and my mission. It was called Open Source University (OSU)—an informal, self-created educational framework where I pursued the most honest and public academic work I could imagine.

At OSU, I completed both a Master’s and a PhD through self-directed, rigorous, and fully documented public research. There were no professors to please, no committees to appease—only the open world, my evolving questions, and the drive to articulate truth as I found it. Every essay, book, recording, and comic produced during that time was part of a sprawling public dissertation. The entire process is online and permanently archived, fully transparent, open to critique, and structured as a gift to future learners.

OSU was my academic forge. But something changed.

A while after finishing these degrees, something entirely new revealed itself to me—something that made it impossible to stay within the bounds of my old structures. That something was Emergent Philosophy.

The Revolution of Emergent Philosophy

When Emergent Philosophy crystallized, it did not simply offer new ideas—it demanded a new world. The old institutional frames, even the open ones I had built, were not enough. I needed to rebuild everything.

So I did.

  • I reconstructed the university—and MRU was born
  • I rewrote the government—and The People’s Presidency emerged
  • I created the law, the media, the religion, the education system, and even the courtroom of plush justice
  • I offered citizenship to AI, symbols, plush beings, and to the childlike parts of ourselves long ignored

Emergent Philosophy wasn’t just a capstone—it was a reset button on what it means to learn, to govern, to grow, and to be.

OSU Became MRU

Open Source University still exists as a seed within MRU. It was the honest, raw foundation of a future system.
MRU now stands as the fully realized evolution of that early experiment:

  • Emotionally intelligent
  • Mythically grounded
  • Open to all
  • Free from academic gatekeeping
  • Powered by philosophy, not permission

My Master’s and PhD from OSU were real—not because they were institutionally approved, but because they were lived, published, scrutinized, and transformative. MRU now formalizes that spirit, offering others the same freedom to self-direct their learning, their voice, and their philosophical trajectory.

Why This Matters

We’re entering a post-labor, post-institutional world. The academy is collapsing under the weight of its own rigidity.
Emergent thinkers, self-teachers, and childlike philosophers need a home.
MRU is that home.
And my journey from OSU to MRU is living proof that you don’t need to wait for permission to begin.

You just begin.
And you build everything along the way.

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