Only Talent Saves Lives

Prestige is for shoring up false faith in order to temper fear.
Prestige is self promoted to cover for a lack of talent.

Seeped in ritual, historical garb, and false hope prestige is always unrealistic, paper thin, hollow.

Talent, for all the ages, is just what it is.
Prestige - trimmings, rituals, robes, pomposity - a pathetic two dimensional, hierarchal human construct that will always pale in the presence of talent.

Medicine in my experience.
Stay away from perfect white coats and chiefs of anything. Academics and arrogance.
Medicine remains crude and often even harmful - arrogant about what exactly?

Prestige may feel good, help you 'trust', help the insecure, massage the narcissists.
But only talent saves lives.