Is it really sad though? On the surface it seems the society heavily incentivizes smart people to work on "less impactful" things. But if every smart person bec

Is it really sad though? On the surface it seems the society heavily incentivizes smart people to work on "less impactful" things. But if every smart person becomes a condensed-matter researcher then obviously we have a problem. So what's the right amount of people that should work on condensed matter physics? Who should decide on such amount? Currently the market decides. But maybe there's a better way?