So it's more dense than NAND flash (and 3D, wow!), but how does it compare on speed, reliability, and endurance?

There are plenty of successful people in many different fields who haven't neglected their immediate family. It's not either or.

What insular, small group of people given too much power wouldn't have an agenda?

I think you are mistaken that a *significant* part of each generation would be fed lies. Some amount of children are always going to be taught wacky stuff by someone of influence in their life, but not anything near the majority or significant amount of kids that a centralized authority could influence.

Well said! Is it really true that a 15 member board makes decisions for, essentially, the whole country? That needs to be fixed first.

Regardless of what decisions they make, does it bother anyone else that a board or 15 people apparently decides the curriculum for the whole country? Seems like that would be the first thing to fix.