I agree that we have all those things, but what do we do with them? What's the end benefit? I'm not asking rhetorically, and if the answer is that the knock-of

I agree that we have all those things, but what do we do with them? What's the end benefit? I'm not asking rhetorically, and if the answer is that the knock-off effects of doing this will provide a ton of technology that will help the rest of Earth eat, live and pursue happiness then I think that's a pretty kick-ass answer. But is that where you were going?