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by mardiyah 1648 days ago
IMHO, considering we're in info age, no needful as can be compensated by info mining

and esp. it's dwarfed by more needed a motivator instead of mentor need

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I think there is a lot of value in the fact that a mentor is human, which will not be matchable by any information system any time soon.

A good mentor can learn from the types of questions you are asking and proactively identify flaws in your mental model. With Google searching, if you ask a question that has a flawed premise, you may get an answer that does not point out the flaws in your thinking.

With all the info out there, a mentor can give you a map to it.