Comparing WhatsApp to space exploration is unfair. Arguably both of them are equally useful/useless (depends on who you ask). But what about if all (or even hal

Comparing WhatsApp to space exploration is unfair. Arguably both of them are equally useful/useless (depends on who you ask). But what about if all (or even half) that money had been spent to (i.e.) cancer research or something that would radically improve people's lives? I think that's the "utility trade-off" question one should ask...