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It is different than a passive encyclopedia. For good and for bad, it goes right to the core to what you want to know. You can jump to the conclusion of a paper instead of going all through it, or get just what you need for the problem or question you want to solve. Some of the inefficiencies of the old model had their side benefits.

But having a tutor or teacher to actually interact with have also important benefits. It is not a lesson for a class of who knows how much students, but for you and you in particular. You may be missing some other student questions, but to have freedom to ask, without social pressure, without worrying about time, or even for old topics that may or not be related to the current one, may be a big improvement.

The next question we should ask ourselves is what would be now the role of libraries, teachers and teaching institutions in this landscape. What are the cracks in this new teaching model that they can adapt to to fulfill?