It reminds me of the enormously damaging idea that success in life is equivalent to making lots of money. One way it's similar to that idea is that when you're in a milieu (like Silicon Valley) where a lot of people believe it, it starts to infect your thinking in ways extremely hard to notice and free yourself from - How to use a personal website to enhance your ability to think and create?
Welcome to my stream. hope u don't drown.