GIFT # 8 - What qualifies you to lead a "Masterclass"?

I've been noticing a LOT of Masterclasses being offered online these days? What exactly IS a Masterclass? How does one become a "master" in order to lead a class? I think the original Masterclasses was to provide online classes given by people renown in their fields. I get that but there are so many Masterclasses being led by young people who have barely lived much of an adult life mushrooming all over the place. Everybody and their cousins are "Masters".

I don't understand. Why are we flocking to a young adult's "words of wisdom" but disregard a mature adult's offer of perspective on any given issue? Why are companies not hiring older people with loads more experience? Is it simply about money? That experience costs more? So what does it mean when a company doesn't want to pay for experience?

A recent conversation with an MBA student revealed a financial company was not opened to hiring anybody in their 50s. Supposedly the concern was that these hires would only have a decade or so left of work to give. Maybe so but does nobody even consider how rich and valuable is the life knowledge and experience of a 50-year old professional? They probably know more than a 25-year old could learn that same decade, no? Why are we devaluing people who have so much to contribute? People who know a lot not because they just graduated from college or university but because they lived a long life and have seen and experience much? And maybe even yes, graduated from college or university? And while we are at it, why are we valuing academic knowledge so much more than other types of knowledge? What's the value of an "A" anyway? Is it a prerequisite to lead a Masterclass? I suspect not.

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