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There are teachers who broadcast their lessons online who are currently doing this and making much more money than normal. This is becoming especially big right

by Psyonic 17y ago

There are teachers who broadcast their lessons online who are currently doing this and making much more money than normal. This is becoming especially big right now in South Korea: http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_life/2009-07-15/476586938003.html http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_life/2009-07-15/4765869... As a counter-point to your wealth = personal impact point: Gandhi, Jesus, Buddha, Mother Teresa, Dali Lama. Whether or not these people and their actions were completely real or did all the things people say they did, they've certainly had an impact on history. None of them were/are particularly rich. Was it a failure to capture that value? Can all value be captured in dollars? Should it?

wallflower 17y ago
I did not say that personal impact is equivalent to wealth. It was meant to respond to the parent comment ("some people claimed that the only objective measurement of the value of your work how much you get paid") and to imply that wealth is a result of personal impact, magnified through network effects (having people work for you, television/cable). Gandhi et al. have had an impact that defies quantification (e.g. world changing) I personally believe personal impact is answered by this koan: What is the meaning of life? It's up to you to define it.
wallflower 17y ago
> There are teachers who broadcast their lessons online who are currently doing this and making much more money than normal I heard once that if you want to teach math teachers how to teach - send them to South Korea to observe how they teach math for a year. Do you think the night school (school after the regular school) culture encourages superlative compensation of extraordinary teachers?
- Psyonic 17y ago
  An interesting question. It could be be that. Could also just be an example of what could happen in a country with a highly educated populace and highly-available broadband internet. If you have a choice of not just a few, but all teachers, why not pick "the best?" Certainly the best will be different for different people, but you can see how a few teachers could easily rise to the top. Night school might only be significant in that where to attend is completely up to the individual.

by Psyonic 17y ago

wallflower 17y ago

I did not say that personal impact is equivalent to wealth. It was meant to respond to the parent comment ("some people claimed that the only objective measurement of the value of your work how much you get paid") and to imply that wealth is a result of personal impact, magnified through network effects (having people work for you, television/cable). Gandhi et al. have had an impact that defies quantification (e.g. world changing) I personally believe personal impact is answered by this koan: What is the meaning of life? It's up to you to define it.

wallflower 17y ago

> There are teachers who broadcast their lessons online who are currently doing this and making much more money than normal I heard once that if you want to teach math teachers how to teach - send them to South Korea to observe how they teach math for a year. Do you think the night school (school after the regular school) culture encourages superlative compensation of extraordinary teachers?

Psyonic 17y ago
An interesting question. It could be be that. Could also just be an example of what could happen in a country with a highly educated populace and highly-available broadband internet. If you have a choice of not just a few, but all teachers, why not pick "the best?" Certainly the best will be different for different people, but you can see how a few teachers could easily rise to the top. Night school might only be significant in that where to attend is completely up to the individual.