Don't be so pessimistic
You keep on thinking that people who think that all which can be measured is to be found in spreadsheets control everything.
Not so!
They merely control everything which can be easily recorded in spreadsheets. As none of friendship, knowledge, or conversation are describable in spreadsheets, they control none of them. In fact your judgement of the value of what they do control is strongly dependent upon how much you share their values.
Do you care about pieces of paper that say people have learned things? Then they are big and powerful, they run universities! Do you care about sitting down and having a fascinating conversation where you learn a lot? Then relax. They don't know what that is, and will fail in taking that away.
Cheers,
Ben
