Very true, especially with the modern logistics of education. Today we could show the best lecture any prof has ever given to a village in nirvana that got run

Very true, especially with the modern logistics of education. Today we could show the best lecture any prof has ever given to a village in nirvana that got running water 10 years ago. That doesn't replace direct mentoring, but would still elevate education to new standards. Special schools for particularly gifted people should exist, but the product today is more prestige than quality of education (which is good, but not the primary selling point anymore).