Will formal schooling become obsolete?

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Will formal schooling become obsolete?

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Scanned by: Alvis Brigis over 3 years ago

Consider the fact that primary schools, high schools, colleges and universities were established when information production and dissemination was very expensive, while at the same time gathering teachers and students together in one location was comparatively inexpensive. The economics (in the bare-bones sense of the term what's easiest?) of the situation demanded the establishment of formal, physical schools so that hard-won knowledge could be passed onto the next generation. This is no longer the case...

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