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 Title: Milestones
 
+A milestone should provide an incremental, concrete step in the right
+direction. The end result will be an additional way to interact with
+the exocortex.
+
 The milestone pages track the work done on each milestone.
 
 * [Milestone 1](/milestones/m1.html)