[cortesoft]

I think this is exactly what the person you are replying to is saying; everyone knows it, but the people in charge of setting up the incentives still don’t seem interested in changing the incentives.

[a_bonobo]

Yes, this has been my experience in the Australian academic system as well: everything is broken and nobody with the power to change it, cares.

China seems to make some strides for their own academics, thinking loudly about moving away from glam publications as career incentives: https://www.ft.com/content/64a811f1-b132-4211-8a8c-2252cf964...

It's supposedly about the worry of leaking state secrets, but it will have positive outcomes apart from that.