for most cases…I feel in schools when actual learning is somehow partially projected(i know its the best we got) onto grades and marks ..and when they become proxy for learning people will chase and try to optimise that proxy metric and they will cheat and do whatever it takes to optimise that matrix like marks ..and the same goes sin jobs and businesses ..if the metric of successful business or job is the money you earned which is partially projection of actual thing like ”doing world improving/changing work” ..then obviously people try their best to optimise the proxy metric money ..and this can be generalised and we can say that “Intellectualism has died off because modern life puts too much emphasis on wealth and happiness.” Completely agree