This kind of sanctimony is tiring. Every time one of these threads comes up here, it inevitably devolves to a point where someone brings up something like the a

This kind of sanctimony is tiring. Every time one of these threads comes up here, it inevitably devolves to a point where someone brings up something like the above. There are those of us who actually enjoy these kinds of problems in and of themselves. I don't consider what I do particularly noble, but I'm paid to solve very interesting and unusual problems in a very fast-paced environment, and I don't feel the need to apologize for it. I'm under no illusions that I'm doing God's Work, but if the bar for useful work is something that will end "war, disease, crime, militarism, xenophopia, lack of education", I think >99% of us fall quite short of it. Maybe I fall shorter than you do (you don't mention what it is that you do), but I still enjoy my job.