> I’m sure we need people like that

Is that because if all people in the software industry cared about the subject and technology more than the money, we would be overworked for low wages? Eg. in the video games industry?

On the flip side, is it good that people are willing to ignore the negative societal consequences of their job?

(I'm not trying to make a point, but rather asking questions since I want to know how people see this.)

I think if something happens in the universe, It probably has its function, otherwise it wouldn't exist.

If there was no reason for it to exist, it wouldn't. I'm not saying it's good or bad, it's a question of accepting the construct of existence as what is not what I hope it could be under different circumstances.

There's probably an evolutionary reason why we need people who don't get paralyzed by second and third order effects.