[jansho]

I was referring to OP's eighth point, "the best teachers are on the Internet." Sorry if that was vague.

Yeah schools aren't perfect either, but it's very hard to replicate the teacher role online. Peers yes, but I'll eat my hat if anyone can come up with a digital platform that allows students and teachers (totally strangers) to connect and build relationships that last for years.

You might accidentally bump into a mentor, but that's extreeeemely rare. It's a nice dream though, hope it happens to me one day. But in all my time as an active participant in online courses (small sample, I know) the most personal interaction I got was someone reaching out via private messaging. This is totally within expectation though, many of us still unconsciously regard the Internet space as not really real.

[jakubp]

Now that you wrote it, I feel like I was idealizing the online potential by thinking "you can get online to the right people", but that only helps if you can then meet them in person. Otherwise it's just online contact, which at scale may not be that awesome.