I agree in sentiment with your statement that if this shines a light on a problem and we get more valuable thoughts generated then that is an asset. However there is also the opportunity cost of this which is quite significant. Imagine the benefits we could accrue from humanity if we had put all this talent, capital and energy into a significant human problem? Obviously I'm being hypothetical because there is no way to coalesce efforts on that scale without self interest at the heart of it.