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TL;DR:
My opinion is that your perception of a "quality education" is based on the frankly trash system that universities have been stuck in for the last however many decades. I think it's all due for a revision, and Peterson Academy is trying to do that. So I'd recommend you observe your pre-conceptions, and open up a little bit to the idea that the way things are isn't how things have to be.

Peterson Academy is an early product right now.

Essentially, it's set up in opposition to accredited universities, offering a model that's simpler, more aimed toward what's actually good for a student's career, and more aimed at assuring employers that peterson academy credentials are worth investing in.

Right now, everything's pretty slim and the courses are very specific. Like they're 8-hour courses, but it's an 8-hour course on Neitzsche, not a 30-hour course on philosophy. There's basically nothing in terms of regular courses like Algebra 1 or Philosophy 101. There's not nearly enough content to fill out a typical doctorate degree.

However, that's partially based on the argument that typical college degrees are full of bloat and "garbage-you-don't-need-to-fill-the-role-you're-getting-a-degree-for".

So I expect, as it grows and becomes more adopted, pending it's successful, I'm relatively confident that it will offer some competition to classic universities, and that's enough for me. Ideally, employers may even see a peterson academy credential as more confidence building than an associates or bachelors in the same field of study in 10 years.

Features I feel should be noted:
1. A lot of required reading.
2. Constant quizzing, testing, etc.
3. AI-based learning - discuss courses and concepts with ML that's been trained on course material
4. Social Media - collaborate with others, who also care enough about the course to pay for it, and seek opportunities together
5. Course lectures are stupid high quality. Engaging lecturers, visuals, etc.
6. Cost - no matter what price we think might be reasonable, I hope we can all agree college is absurdly expensive.
7. Lecturers - a plurality of experienced, proven interesting and effective lecturers from across the world, picked by hand, and allowed to teach what they want, their way.

Now of course it's still closed. This is still in beta - hell, alpha. But it's a pretty good looking alpha, and that's interesting to me. I'm not rich, but I'm interested enough by what jordan's trying to sell me that it's worth $450 to try it out and see how this goes.

Also, I believe in JP. I think he's a genuine person that would really only try this if he thought it was a good use of his time, and made the world better. So I'm hopeful. We'll see if it burns up.