Getting flak on social media, through downvotes, can often (though not always!) be a good thing ... means you're touching a nerve or something.

On this point, I don't think I've got any particularly valuable or novel insights, or even any good solutions ... I'm mostly looking for a decent conversation around this issue. Unfortunately, I suspect, when you get everyone to work hard on something and give them prestigious certifications for succeeding at that something, and then do this for generations, it can be pretty hard to convince people to not assign some of their self-worth to the quality/value/meaning of that something and to then dismiss it as less valuable than previously thought. Possibly a factor in this conversation, which I say with empathy.

Any links to some literature?