As I get older, I'm more and more convinced that most people are just bad persons. I'm not joking.

Our societies incentivize a bunch of bad behaviors, especially when it comes to projecting the appearance of productivity. So I find that unsurprising.

I think especially in the US, we've really normalized and to a degree even celebrate and rewarded being a tactless jerk who cuts corners or worse as long as they get what they want (usually money).

Doing hard work for better(quality, moral etc) results is very out of fashion.