That creating knowledge or providing a service to society isn't itself worthwhile enough – someone has to get rich, even though that someone will usually be quite wealthy already, certainly far wealthier than those expected to "buy" the service their money finances.
As is often the case with security technology -- for instance, full-body scanners at airports -- there's little evidence that license plate readers are worthwhile enough as crime fighting tools to compensate for their cost in privacy terms.
But those efforts, while worthwhile, aren't enough to reduce the enormous resource requirements of the fashion business and the waste it generates.
I think it is worthwhile enough that I'm going down myself, and it's not because of Waco's climate".
Uncertainty of encountering bleak mountain range after years of preparation for flight and not knowing whether it's worthwhile enough for science.
But liking it merely reflects another aspect of the unreliable narrator who doesn't realize she's been brainwashed by cosmetic, fashion, and surgical industries that reap billions of dollars from them being convinced they aren't attractive or worthwhile enough without it.
Only when air-breathing had become routine was it worthwhile evolving legs strong enough to stand on dry land.
