[commodorejohn]

At this point in the history of our society, it's hard to think of an area of life that hasn't been negatively impacted by people cutting corners or fudging facts so that the bean-counters can present the Boys Upstairs (and/or the shareholders) with numbers that make them 3.575% happier than they might theoretically otherwise be, and the Friends In High Places helpfully sweeping everything under the rug for them, so that nobody (or at least no Important People) suffers any consequences and consequently nobody learns anything. These days all you have to do is turn on the freakin' news to watch it happen in real time.