Yup, kinda! Except in a Ponzi scheme, value only flows down. Explaining something really straightens it out for yourself.
Conversation isn't zero sum.
Philipp Schmidt is a big proponent of peer-to-peer learning, and he calls it a pyramid scheme himself. :P http://dmlcentral.net/blog/philipp-schmidt/great-peer-learni...
In all honesty, though, this sounds like a really cool idea. I may check it out.