[maerF0x0]

> can't fill this gap reliably

Except they did... for centuries ?? How can we claim that relying on community and a network of people is unreliable when it was the defacto solution for as long as we've existed?

[s1mplicissimus]

Historically, people wouldn't even move out of the village, never mind across the continent. So it was a bit easier to get the kids to the grannies.