> If there are seven proven ways to success and your teacher can only show you the fourth best way, that still beats the two hundred ways leading to nowhere presented to you on the Internet.
My experience is exactly the opposite. Most teachers are about the same level as you'd get from a random blog post (since these are often the people writing those blog posts). But with the internet, you can find the absolute best book or video or tutorial in the whole world that blows your local teacher out of the water.
The only exceptions where a teacher is essential are areas where you learn by doing and being critiqued, not by reading/watching. E.g. instrument/voice lessons, team sports, dancing, acting, etc. Or when you're close to the top of your field and the remaining knowledge is only in top experts' heads because they haven't written it down yet.
My experience is exactly the opposite. Most teachers are about the same level as you'd get from a random blog post (since these are often the people writing those blog posts). But with the internet, you can find the absolute best book or video or tutorial in the whole world that blows your local teacher out of the water.
The only exceptions where a teacher is essential are areas where you learn by doing and being critiqued, not by reading/watching. E.g. instrument/voice lessons, team sports, dancing, acting, etc. Or when you're close to the top of your field and the remaining knowledge is only in top experts' heads because they haven't written it down yet.