Why is academia present so little in everyday life?

When I earned my Ph.D. in Spring of 2010, the first thing I did was to finally get myself a full-time job in a digital marketing agency. I have worked freelance, and a lot, in this industry long before I got my Ph.D., and the focus and the goal of earning a doctorate for me has always been getting a job outside of academia. My vision was to bring the ac…