One aspect of the "industrial weight" is the effect of the factory / assembly line model on society outside the "factory." Every individual, child or adult, has a "work place" to go to during the day, "efficiently" segmented by location, age/grade, company, department, etc., and usually cut off from network ties to other segments. This segmented disconnection supports the ends of the "feudal weight," and is counterbalanced (a little) by the "agrarian weight" of a calendar that provides seasonal opportunities (summer, winter holidays, etc.) to be part of more integrated networks (families, service trips, whatever).

So what happens if we give up commitments to disconnection? In what ways then could both work and school co-evolve?