Not necessarily, a lot of people are willing to sacrifice a lot in order to jump in the tenure wagon. Which sometimes buffles me because it doesn't reward part

Not necessarily, a lot of people are willing to sacrifice a lot in order to jump in the tenure wagon. Which sometimes buffles me because it doesn't reward particularly well for a position reserved to people with strong intellectual prowess, it merely prevent people from being fired for doing nothing. There are definitely people in academia that are driven for truth, but I don't know if that's the majority or a minority.