> blind glorification of activities whose main selling point is revenue generation

Not inherently. Only in the cases where it's a true choice between something revenue generating, and something people are doing for social good.

Your perception of social good (people dedicating their time to intellectual puzzles you deem worthy vs people wasting their time on these meaningless displays of skill), is different to someone else's.

My point was perhaps too broad - but deigning to tell someone their pursuit isn't as worthy as one you think they should be pursuing is, frankly, pointless.