Just because you have technical chops, doesn't mean you're magically imbued with the ability to conjure up demand for sci-fi-tier products. Commercialization i

Just because you have technical chops, doesn't mean you're magically imbued with the ability to conjure up demand for sci-fi-tier products. Commercialization isn't about how smart you are or how elegant your product is. It's about finding someone else's problem and convincing them to pay you to solve it. This isn't a jab at Andrew (Coursera shows he has a very good head for commercialization), and this platform looks like a perfectly acceptable solution to a particular customer demand. It's just a reminder that selling things can sometimes look boring to techies, because customers usually have boring problems.