To me, this a strange take. I'll never have the genius of Newton, Copernicus, Euler, etc. However I know and have access to so much more than them, just because of when I was born. So while I may be envious of their brilliance and insight, they would be envious of so much of what I take for granted.

So you not being surpassed may not be as inherently negative as you think. Apologies if inferred incorrectly.

I think his point was that the initial expectation was that improved access to knowledge via the internet would unleash the potential for a higher average level of education. The correlation appears to the OP instead to be moving in the opposite direction.

Yup, that is what I was getting at. In many ways I lamented my late access to computers but it was probably better for me in the long run.

The availability of fantastic material like this will take the the rare lone geniuses of the world and multiply their results and possibly help them find like minded people to work with and learn from.

But the vast majority of students still need a teacher they actually know to inspire them to work hard.

It would be nice if education could experiment with different approaches and see what produces the most area under the curve in terms education achievement plotted across all students. Unfortunately contributors like 3b1b dont get rewarded enough.

Current education model keeps spending more money without any results(1).

1- https://fee.org/articles/government-spending-on-education-is...