![]() ![]() It promises new hope in place of setbacks, mistakes and missed opportunities. If you permit me, I wish to refer to the courses as ‘recipes.’ For the Merriam-Webster dictionary says the original use of the word recipe “was not in cooking instructions but in prescriptions, where it was used to preface a list of medicines to be combined.” Thus, I wish to show that today’s web-based learning has prescriptions for every need in life. They literally cover every subject under the sun. ![]() In particular, I am referring to the daily assault by invitations to online courses. This observation reminds me of an ongoing concern, namely, the virtues and vices of competition. In one installment, however, he makes this laconic note: “You can’t persuade a 9-month toddler to water ski, so the first step is to do a reality check whether the other person has enough knowledge, competence, and self-confidence to do what you wish.” He has a lively column entitled “How to Get Anyone to Do (Almost) Anything You Want.” Bruce Kasanoff is one of my admired writers. ![]()
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