> Historically, "contributing to society" meant directly or indirectly contributing to resource extraction. No, it meant contributing to production of goods an

> Historically, "contributing to society" meant directly or indirectly contributing to resource extraction. No, it meant contributing to production of goods and services. Some amount of "resource extraction" is necessary for that, but historically, the amount of production for a given amount of resources has increased dramatically, so we get far more value out of the same resources.