21st century Emerson

A 21st century Emerson would say; while the methods of education have changed the role of the scholar has remained the same.  Emerson believed that the role of the scholar was not always to gain more knowledge but to help educate the less fortunate.  While education is more wide spread and tools like the cell phone and computer make learning more accessible there are still people in the world who don't have access to these tools.  He would say that the role of the scholar is to help achieve wide spread education.