I can't help feeling that this attempt to render a previously excellent course more commercially viable by making it more superficially appealing for students is directly linked to this story: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4785246
If everything is always forced to justify itself commercially, then everything will implode into a hideous, hollow caricature of itself. Everything becomes a flashy excercise in deceit and con artistry if it wants to survive. Quality and substance can never hope to win against marketing.
If everything is always forced to justify itself commercially, then everything will implode into a hideous, hollow caricature of itself. Everything becomes a flashy excercise in deceit and con artistry if it wants to survive. Quality and substance can never hope to win against marketing.