4/ CAA rode this wave by aligning themselves completely with artists. They negotiated hard for their clients, and provided every service under the sun to make their lives easier. They became practically the enemy of the studios due to their advocacy for artists
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5/ That same shift is now happening in education. Schools are the studios, and they are losing their total control over the demand (i.e. students) and supply (instructors). There are now paths to market available for instructors to serve students directly, cutting out middlemen
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6/ This has enormous implications. It implies teaching is going to become highly profitable for the top performing teachers who are able to secure their own distribution. And indeed we are seeing individual instructors making millions since they aren't limited by geography
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7/ Film artists were once treated like mere service providers. Interchangeable and powerless and underpaid. Much like teachers today, they didn't have anywhere else to go to have their skills and knowledge monetized
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8/ We're about to discover that teaching demands as much creativity as acting, writing, or directing. And therefore, that the top performers are not just a little better than the rest, but orders of magnitude better
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9/ As they escape institutions and are able to capture more of the value they create, they will be able to create educational empires and serve millions with the best instruction in the world. Tiny niches that weren't profitable or respected will explode
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There are many teachers of non-academic subjects that have not limited by institution or distribution, especially in the last few years with easier and wider Internet access. Thinks sports, martial arts, music etc. There are some that have created very profitable companies...
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...but the effectiveness of the teachings rapidly declines when from one to one or to a few goes from one to many. What is sold is then mostly prestige and the illusion of becoming better via pure instruction.
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That is one of the assumptions of the old model of education that is about to be destroyed: that quality of instruction declines with size of class
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That's a strong thesis and might be limited to some fields. If we are making reference for example to some popular bootcamp-like new ed, reviews mostly suggest sub-par teaching, but an environment conducive to the survival of the most talented or motivated.
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I think it depends on the subject, and the quality of instruction. Unless you are an absolute savant, you can't learn jiu jitsu without a sparring partner. I don't know if one can really learn how to write a great essay without some individual attention either. Tutors can help.