Is Ignorance more precious than Health & Wealth?

To quote Jane Austen, "It is a truth universally acknowledged" that Health & Wealth are the most desirable attributes of a human being. But if one looks closely, the desirableness of Wealth carries another collateral baggage. Any other knowledge,  which does not ultimately lead to more wealth, is completely avoided like the plague. So in this context, "Ignorance is Bliss." Actually any such knowledge is seen as an impediment in the path to the goal of life, which is Wealth.

Actually, many people, mostly Indians, (probably because of being impoverished by successive foreign invaders), place Wealth even higher than Health, assuming mistakenly that Wealth can even buy Health. This idea might even have been encouraged by the Corporate Health Sector & Medical Insurance companies for self perpetuating ends.

Be that as it may, nothing else can explain the appalling rise in Philistinism, where people hug their cultural ignorance as their dearest possession, even more than their Wealth. Unfortunately, along with the rise in the standard of living, Philistinism has risen even steeper, so that people are becoming proud of their ignorance rather than being ashamed. Earlier the "Nouveau Riche" had at least pretensions to culture, which are now given the go-by completely.

This is similar to King Midas, embracing his living cultural daughter & turning her into lifeless gold or Moses bringing the Ten Commandments (for happy living) from Mount Sinai & finding his people worshipping the Golden Calf.