u/cglee wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Great insight and rarely mentioned. This is exactly why I designed Launch School this way. I fundamentally believe this: > The first rule of education institutions should be "do no harm". Because they serve vulnerable users, education institutions should not be measured by their
u/michaelnovati replied ·
I think being transparent about the failure states is sufficient and a program doesn't only have to be value positive for everyone necessarily. People tolerate difference amounts of risk and they might want to take a risk that the bootcamp will work out for them, knowing the reasonable range of outcomes and what happens in all cases.
Millions of people buy lottery tickets after all! But not because they mislead about the odds of winning, but because they want to take the risk.