Jacob Lee

Did you enjoy the video on Salman Khan’s TED Talk? I hope you did. Because in this post, I am going to share with you my thoughts on the shifting role of the educator.  And this trend has implications not just for traditional educators, but for non-educators as well. This change will present problems for […]

Salman Khan, of Khan Academy fame, explained how he started producing hundreds of videos reaching out to a million students monthly (that was in 2011)! He just wanted to tutor his cousins (who were in New Orleans) remotely from where he was in Boston.  So he made a video and posted it on Youtube. The

In an earlier post, I talked about the impending demise of the professions. Doctors and lawyers are among the most prestigious and sought after professions.  And many people are willing to sacrifice much time and money to get into those professions.  These people have to go through an arduous educational trek to reach the summit. 

“Technology Will Replace Many Doctors, Lawyers, And Other Professionals” was the dramatic title of a Harvard Business Review (HBR) article published in October 2016. To some, the heading was shocking and even worrying.  To others, its hard to believe. Normally new technology is associated with the loss of jobs at the menial level.  It is