This has been written about in various ways in the academic and surrounding literature for awhile now. I'm not sure the language it uses does itself any favors

This has been written about in various ways in the academic and surrounding literature for awhile now. I'm not sure the language it uses does itself any favors but it does point to some interesting recent discussion and research. A lot of it is a stick as well as carrot problem; a lot of the incentive structures are basically pushing and rewarding management and administrative — as well as salesmanship — behavior rather than research per se. If you want to do research, you're going to find modern academics increasingly distasteful. If there are alternative career paths for you, it's just another thing pulling you in a different direction. The article gets into this with the discussion of the converse — the entry of failed corporatists, which is an interesting twist — but I'm not sure the exit of certain content-focused individuals per se is really the original cause. It might create a vicious circle or feedback loop but I think there's origins and sustaining factors elsewhere.