"Is this model, born of the industrial age..."<p>It was born a lot earlier than that. <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Fray_Luis_de_Leon%27s_classroom_-_University_of_Salamanca.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Fray_Luis...</a>