If we value the objective more than the subjective doesn't that mean we underval

Question:

If we value the objective more than the subjective doesn't that mean we undervalue the individual?

If individual experiences are less valued than experiences we can share collectivley then what is that saying about our opinion of the individual.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The idea of objectivity seemed to find a perfect niche in industrial society, where the individual is mostly taken as a means to an end, i.e. an instrument in the chain of production, so I think you're on to something.
I also think greater value is placed on objectivity in societies that are not particularly introspective (mainly the west) - This takes us far from classical Greek philosophy. Socrates would not have liked to see himself as the father of such a system of abnegation of the inner life of the soul. Subjective and objective also call to mind such dichotomies as inner life/outer life, etc..., meditative and active, etc...
A very powerful and compelling branch of western philosophy has made a systematic attack on all that is subjective, or personal, over the last few centuries. Theoretical justifications for this prove to be arbitrary, yet western thinkers still think it very compelling. There is certainly the effects of a society and a culture that is fearful and weary of the inner self at work here.