This interview with Marc Andreessen, a mainstay of Silicon Valley, is lengthy but fantastic. Andreessen is an economic optimist - he says we shouldnt take for granted the fact that life on Earth is improving every day thanks to innovation in business and technology. Particularly interesting are his views on education. Our laws should allow for new technology and fresh ideas in schooling. In ten years, what if we had Math 101 online, and what if it was well regarded and you got fully accredited and certified? What if we knew that we were going to have a million students per semester? And what if we knew that they were going to be paying $100 per student, right? What if we knew that we’d have $100 million of revenue from that course per semester? What production budget would we be willing to field in order to have that course? You could literally hire James Cameron to make Math 101. Or how about, let’s study the wars of the Roman Empire by actually having a VR [virtual reality] experience walking around the battlefield, and then like flying above the battlefield. And actually the whole course is looking and saying, “Here’s all the maneuvering that took place.” Or how about re-creating original Shakespeare plays in the Globe Theatre?
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 23:35:21 +0000
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