So let's not study stuff like astrophysics, since it doesn't really help the starving kids somewhere nor does it solve energy problem, right? And also, let's not make art, after all, it's just some first world people enjoying their luxury while someone somewhere in 3rd world is suffering, how about that? As mere mortals we can never know what impact a technology can have in the long term, no matter what it looks like right now. It's arrogant to judge someone else's creation no matter how silly it looks, especially when it is something that managed to get into a lot of people's mindshare.