Till recently (oh, say a couple of hundred years ago) - knowledge was passed from teacher to student by the spoken word only ... the student had to listen to what the teacher had to offer - and learn. The printing press changed all that - one did not have to be a "noble" or "royal" person to afford reading and learning - soon, prices started falling and made books and printed material available to just about anyone who wanted it ... yes, there have been times when the prices of books remained a barrier for many (I know, it was for me - there was much I wanted to own, but could not afford to - and went looking for them in libraries, old book stores or road-side merchants in Bombay with all sorts of printed material for sale) ... amazing times we do live in where the only barrier to learn is now within the individual - "knowledge" or "information" is out there - yes, true that learning does require the crucial ingredient of a mentor, teacher - and the internet is changing that also, for the better.
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