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People are interested in things and like spending their time on it, that is called "living". Yet other people make careers out of expanding the bounds of knowledge for humanity, often with no clear application in mind, this is called foundational research.

Sometimes if we are lucky either one of those yields phenomenal practical applications, just because some nerd thought there was a missing piece in the puzzle and they ought to find it.

I know many nowadays believe that the sole goal of humanity ought to be the increase of shareholder value, even if said increase is at odds with human survival on this planet. Then 99% of us just exist, work our asses off, with little to no time spent with our loved ones while leaving the planet and humanity in a worse state than previous generations — and then we die.

Was that really it then?