I think the notion that the fundamental problem is that "smart" people don't want to be teachers is wrong. I think the real problem is that education simply, for lack of a better way to phrase it, has become more about careerism and a "hustle" than teaching anybody anything useful.Especially anything that's financially worth the costs involved. The "smart" teachers who don't like this eventually just throw in the towel and accept it, or are marginalized. The other "smart" ones who have no problem with this arrangement simply enjoy the ride and accept it as "life".

I'm mostly referring to middle to highschool (US) and (some) colleges, plus I am not including people who enjoyed the good fortune of an alternative education or being born to an educated parent that happened to be an engineer or something.

I think KA is an opportunity for people to congregate outside all of this chaos, hence slowly bypassing the "major players who have no incentive to change" and experiencing some kind of possible alternative. Hopefully it grows past the sterility of technology into new cultural norms that are beneficial. If not, it can't get any worse.. so who cares.