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True. In some sort of utopian society where labour was a choice and mostly revolved around research and progress to further humanity's understanding of the world and minimization of suffering powered by all sorts of fancy technology eliminating both pain and boredom, the average Joe Schmoe would have hardly any real purpose, and it's hard to make an argument that if that utopia aligns with one's values today yet one can't contribute to some major scientific research that one is anything but yet another CO2 emission source.