[gooosle]

> Think about these fantasy sports gambling apps, your coworkers who distract themselves from the drudgery of work by discussing sports, the financial institutions that take a transaction fee from money being passed around, the infinite scroll of content on social media, all because of athletes.

I don't see how you can claim gambling, and pointless discussion about some arbitrary game you (they) don't even play are positive. Financial transactions for the sake of financial transactions are also completely pointless.

[addaon]

> I don't see how you can claim gambling, and pointless discussion about some arbitrary game you (they) don't even play are positive.

By choosing different basis vectors? Not everyone's values match yours.

[wubrr]

Your argument amounts to a meaningless tautology - 'everything that exists is good and valuable'.

Yeah, maybe, but that's neither useful nor interesting.

'Heroin addition is good and valuable to society - if you disagree it's because the addict's values just don't match yours'