> Even if we’re not engaged with other people on a social or civic level, we still have to transact with them on an economic one. We still have to walk along th

> Even if we’re not engaged with other people on a social or civic level, we still have to transact with them on an economic one. We still have to walk along the same streets, send our children to the same schools, and spend afternoons in the same parks. No we don't. Kids are driven everywhere, meaning that there is a (locked) door between them and The Others, the richer the neighborhood the richer the schools and the less you have to put them together with poor kids. With distance learning you don't even have to worry about the other kids in the class, or the commute.