It’s hard to explain to people that this is not a call to abadon all collective effort; there is a place for it, but it can be done in a way that grows instead of gets erected. But the corollary of this, which is really hard for people to take, is that some things take exactly as long as they take. Our institutions will look quite different when they finally take this on – why should it take everyone exactly 3 months to finish a 3 credit course, and if by the end they haven’t mastered it sufficiently that is considered a “failure.” Some will take 1 month on that material, some will take 6. We have the opportunity to change our systems in a positive way that reflects that, that factors that into its pricing models, and that benefits students and instructors. But it would mean giving up some control. Ah, control. How hard it is to accept we can’t force things to grow/learn. But then if we pictured ourselves standing and yelling at a plant “grow, dammit, grow” we’d realize how silly that desire for control really is. Boy, I do go on!