“Where will learning be? Will we still consume degrees? Will we make learning on demand? Will we have the power to tailor learning to individual needs, not just the speed of learning but also what we learn? How much of a difference will this make? Can we make learning truly addictive the same way we make video games addictive? If so, how do we get there?

Will we invest $100 million into a class the same way today we invest $100 million into a great movie? What would that do for the quality of education?”

I got to oversee a conversation between Sebastian Thrun, he of Google’s driverless car and, now, higher education wannabe disrupter, Udacity, and Khan Academy founder, Salman Khan. I loved how candid both gentlemen were, acknowledging the ways in which they’re constantly challenging themselves. There are no easy answers to solve our gnarly education problems, and no one is saying these guys have landed on the solution. Particularly not these guys, which was strangely heartening.

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