So, Exchange Program occurs in summer of 2008 (established by time since 9/11, and also Sunset Shimmer's portal activation date, assuming the show start date is the day that happens in Equestria). And astute readers have noticed that Rachel and Shankar are at least passingly familiar with the LessWrong 'sequences' - a series of essays on a variety of topics, which were written across a period including summer of 2008.

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