Societies tend to see the most progress when a greater number of people gather together. While we may find a way to accomplish that through online instruction,

Societies tend to see the most progress when a greater number of people gather together. While we may find a way to accomplish that through online instruction, our current attempts to do so have been spotty at best. One of the reasons brought up for online education is likely one of the things that hinders it: the idea of being able to study where ever and whenever you want. As liberating as that may sound, it keeps people apart in both space and time. Granted, social factors probably play a greater role. For some reason, people don't seem to form the same types of connections with each other in the digital world.