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Originally Posted by elphenor
Then on a further macro level scientific discoveries do little to improve the majority of people's lives unless we have the sort of policies in place that demand it
New technology has only benefitted the Uber wealthy for the past 30-40 years for the most part beyond frivolous consumer goods
The coming generation will not even have a higher life expectancy than the previous for example
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If the poor who have had their money used for supposedly frivolous things that expand human culture have never been moved to wonder and joy by such things then they might as well be replaced by robot slaves because they have no other value to society beyond their labor. And that simply isn't true, so obviously they derive value from them, even if that value can't easily be quantified.
Reaching for the stars to explore a universe beyond our own tiny little mudball is a beautiful thing, and shouldn't be cast aside simply because it doesn't obviously and immediately improve quality of life.