> Everything we do, will ultimately be undone, if you extend the time horizon long enough. Well, not necessarily. Economics quite clearly says that the total f

> Everything we do, will ultimately be undone, if you extend the time horizon long enough. Well, not necessarily. Economics quite clearly says that the total future benefit of any amount of nonzero-benefit present activity, at least if measured in currency units, tends toward infinity; that's why we have interest rates and the concept of rent. Of course, it's not the optimal strategy for securing personal happiness unless you already know you have a solid chance, especially if you're shooting for the "remembered by humanity for all time" mark and not something more modest, but living for progress is a perfectly reasonable thing to do.