My point was that a programmer thinking about the Universe every night is no different that someone watching football every night. Neither will have any meaningful impact on the species. If his job was related to the Universe or physics or math or something, sure. But he writes CRUD apps for SV startups or maintains COBOL for a bank. 500 years from now we will be no better nor worse as a species for the hours he spent thinking about quasars.
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My point was that a programmer thinking about the Universe every night is no different that someone watching football every night. Neither will have any meaningful impact on the species. If his job was related to the Universe or physics or math or something, sure. But he writes CRUD apps for SV startups or maintains COBOL for a bank. 500 years from now we will be no better nor worse as a species for the hours he spent thinking about quasars.