Our current system has conditioned us not to value our thoughts, ideas and energies
That is because of the materialist paradigm. I think it will eventually end though as it ultimately leads to unhappiness no matter how much stuff you have. People in general will have to evolve beyond it or it will lead to our extinction because there aren't enough resources to sustain it.
The planet is already in such a mess. Tesla was a great man easily the equal of Einstein and would have been appreciated more were it not for the jealousy of Edison (sorry I know I keep banging on about it but it is crazy that progress was held up over someone's personal feelings). I think he understood this point about materialism too which is why he didn't pursue business with the vigour that Edison did.
I actually feel lucky in some ways that my health problems derailed my career and made me come to this realisation that I was stuck in that same materialist mindset. Yes I had a lot of money and I could potentially have made a fortune through some psychopharmacology work that I had been offered but I was falling apart inside.
I had stopped doing all the things that made me happy and that brought value to my life because I believed in this skewed model of success that only values material things and career progress. I think life is about much more than that.
The material stuff beyond a certain point (like enough food to eat, shelter, good health etc) can actually get in the way of living life and making progress as a human being.