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You don't believe art and sport improve the human condition? I would argue that what you dismiss as circuses are actually what make life living.

Being a scientist or engineer is fine, but is far from the only way to make the world better. Life would be very drab if all art and sport stopped tommorrow.

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Arts and sports improve the present, science improves the future.

True and true, but what good is 'improving the future' if there's nothing to enjoy once we get there? A lot of modern technology revolves around content distribution and consumption. Someone has to make that content in the first place in order for consumer tech to improve our benefit from it. Both sides are important.

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