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Here's the interaction, though: A person _can_ get books from the library written by experts in any field, and a sufficiently motivated student can learn that way.

A person _can_ also be a solo founder. But you know, that's kind of hard. Sticking through it every day is a lot easier if there's someone besides you who cares, and someone besides you who notices if you stop really working at it.

To say that the social experience does not contribute to learning on a college campus is to miss that _determination_ is the thing that's most difficult, and that the external situation you set up as your learning environment can have a pretty big impact on that determination.

Which of your classes did you learn from and remember the best? For me, it's those classes where I had great problem set sessions with my friends. That's what stuck.

(My startup is working on this problem.)




What startup is that? Can you post a link?




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