[JohnFen]

> Every day I feel a little more disgusted that this is the field I dedicated my career to.

Oh, man, am I sympathetic to that. But I try to remind myself that the problem isn't the field itself, it's the industry. Those are two different things. I am on my way out of the industry (it has been getting increasingly problematic over decades, and the water has become a bit too warm for this frog), but will probably never quit the field.

> because things seemed fine and then suddenly everything started to turn so fast.

This is how things often go, historically speaking. Punctuated equilibrium. You have a period that looks like a steady state that is followed by sudden change.