Udemy.com is a platform where educational content creators can sell their work, using Udemy as both a facilitator and a marketplace for online learning.
Now, imagine the day Neuralink completes its trials and launches a minimum viable product. Imagine being able to watch educational videos directly in your brain, or download skills instantly. Wild, right?
Udemy is part of the first wave in what will eventually become a massive sector: the commodification of cognitive development.
But here’s the problem with Udemy, it’s not the pricing. It’s not even the creators. It’s the ethos.
What exactly separates someone like me from someone who can’t teach on Udemy?
What’s the standard? What reassures the learner that they’re on the right path? or even acquiring legitimate qualifications?
The truth is, I don’t think Udemy cares to answer those questions. And maybe they don’t have to. Their audience knows how to evaluate content. These learners love learning. They know how to research. They know what they want.
The real problem, the unanswered question, is this: Where do they find the time to learn all this stuff?
Take a look at my own profile:
👉 Karl C. Barclay on Udemy
The reason I bounce around so much is because I keep finding new gaps in my knowledge. You can’t be a sysadmin and not know anything about hardware, (At least, I didn’t think so) So I started from the ground up: tech support certifications, then moved toward networking, and eventually cloud certs, but I ran out of time and money.
That’s the learner’s dilemma. It’s not curiosity. Not motivation. Time.
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