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I went through yoga teacher training recently. One of my instructors mentioned they think yoga instruction will be difficult to automate because students show u

by tyleo 7y ago

I went through yoga teacher training recently. One of my instructors mentioned they think yoga instruction will be difficult to automate because students show up for a personal connection and not just fitness. I think this is an interesting perspective. Especially considering that you can already find instruction on YouTube, yet in-person instruction is still popular.

hannob 7y ago
Hot take: This is true for a lot of jobs. Very often you actually don't just pay for the job done, you pay for the social surrounding.
- jeanlucas 7y ago
  Also why nursing jobs is more likely to go up in a hospital than down.
- tyleo 7y ago
  Yep, I figured it was true for many jobs. If there is a class of “personal connection” jobs that will be difficult to automate, I wonder if other difficult to automate classes exist.
agentdrtran 7y ago
It's also difficult to ask questions to a YouTube video. Even on a forum like Reddit where you might get a good answer, you'll get 10 of them, compared to a person you trust giving you one.
- ben7799 7y ago
  This is the same kind of thing as guitar lessons you Youtube. There is a lesson for free for zillions of songs on Youtube. The people in the videos are excellent. They might have different approaches that offer different insights. But none of those videos will have the instructor pause, look through your computer, and tell you your fingers are out of place. None of them will notice which part you are having trouble with and create a new exercise tailored to you on the fly. Yoga with a good instructor in person is the same thing. You're doing it wrong, you could hurt yourself. You can't even tell you're doing it wrong. The instructor can see it and correct. The video cannot accomplish that. Some of this stuff it's debatable whether a 2-way video setup can do it. You could have lessons on skype or something but the camera limitations might block this kind of interaction from happening.
magashna 7y ago
People thought that about record stores and book stores too but prices were competitive enough to crush competition. Will be interesting to see how something even more intimate like yoga sessions and if they can be similarly assimilated.

by tyleo 7y ago

hannob 7y ago

Hot take: This is true for a lot of jobs. Very often you actually don't just pay for the job done, you pay for the social surrounding.

jeanlucas 7y ago
Also why nursing jobs is more likely to go up in a hospital than down.
tyleo 7y ago
Yep, I figured it was true for many jobs. If there is a class of “personal connection” jobs that will be difficult to automate, I wonder if other difficult to automate classes exist.

agentdrtran 7y ago

It's also difficult to ask questions to a YouTube video. Even on a forum like Reddit where you might get a good answer, you'll get 10 of them, compared to a person you trust giving you one.

ben7799 7y ago
This is the same kind of thing as guitar lessons you Youtube. There is a lesson for free for zillions of songs on Youtube. The people in the videos are excellent. They might have different approaches that offer different insights. But none of those videos will have the instructor pause, look through your computer, and tell you your fingers are out of place. None of them will notice which part you are having trouble with and create a new exercise tailored to you on the fly. Yoga with a good instructor in person is the same thing. You're doing it wrong, you could hurt yourself. You can't even tell you're doing it wrong. The instructor can see it and correct. The video cannot accomplish that. Some of this stuff it's debatable whether a 2-way video setup can do it. You could have lessons on skype or something but the camera limitations might block this kind of interaction from happening.

magashna 7y ago

People thought that about record stores and book stores too but prices were competitive enough to crush competition. Will be interesting to see how something even more intimate like yoga sessions and if they can be similarly assimilated.