@paulg Not to mention self-interest. ‘For this course, you all need to buy the textbook I wrote and will barely be teaching from.’
Textbooks are expensive for the same reason enterprise software is bad: purchasing decisions are not made by the users.
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@paulg same problem in healthcare. Insurance pays so no point in shopping around. Screws those without insuranceThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Same thing in ticketing in the US marketThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Purchasing decisions made by the users: Free.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Same reason healthcare is expensive as well. - End of conversation
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@paulg the elimination of enterprises as group purchasers w/ unaligned/conflicted interests must happen everywhere, especially ed and health
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@paulg certain sub-reddit has better explanation on academic theories than most textbooks out there. And it's free.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg there is a lot of wisdom in thisThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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