Turn the analogy around backwards: why does the app store -- the entire concept of making and selling little bits of functionality -- work at all? Doesn't it en

Turn the analogy around backwards: why does the app store -- the entire concept of making and selling little bits of functionality -- work at all? Doesn't it encourage the perception of a zero-sum game, etc. Obviously this doesn't happen, so I would be careful to distinguish things that might happen from things that are actually happening. We can sit around for years making up various doomsday scenarios. Why do monopolies form? Is that your question? Lots of reasons, usually related to the structure of the market itself: use of government regulation, control over information, ownership of tools, etc. Not sure if the question is really relevant,though. I really wouldn't worry about monopolies versus free markets -- sounds like you're getting hung up on that. How about just trying the idea of a la carte purchasing of educational training? Just like we do with most everything else in life? If I want to learn to scuba dive, or fly airplanes, or learn to speak a language, or become a real-estate agent I easily manage to locate and purchase those items one at a time. Why not the same with drawing, music, being in a play, or any of those other things? Some of these things may require a building and a social experience with lots of other kids, some may not. Opening it up allows for lots of solutions to form, concentrating on what works, not what might or might not sound good in a political speech. The conversation becomes what the exact requirements for an education are, and who gets to decide that, instead of what the structure or the education delivery system is. Isn't that change of dynamics awesome?