Seriously, the amount of practice and skill-improvement a kid could get in an afternoon of trying out angles, cuts, and shot-movement, just trying to imitate so

Seriously, the amount of practice and skill-improvement a kid could get in an afternoon of trying out angles, cuts, and shot-movement, just trying to imitate some director or DP they like until they're getting similar results, all on their iPhone, is incredible. Just a little more work and they can post a highlight reel of their practice session, to be viewed by anyone in the world. After a few times doing this, the work might even be looking pretty good, with nothing more than a smartphone for the entire process. Repeat a few afternoons for various other aspects of technique, and you'll have had more and better practical experience at some aspects of production and editing than people who'd worked at it for months or more the 80s or 90s. The learning feedback loop is so tight now. I mean, damn. That's cool.