RH : I believe every person should do his best to discern what is positive.
Of course but the consensus is not obvious.
the potential entropy of the Universe is truly huge
We certainly are not going to exhaust the potential entropy of the whole universe (though some seem intent on that...) but we can locally exhaust all the potential within reach and by this very fact compromise our access to more “distant” potential.
EY : I have morals and purposes in my life that go beyond being someone’s “customer”, and so, I suspect, do you.
Yes, everybody has “morals and purpose” but why do you pretend that yours should be taken more seriously because you are supposed to be a “rationalist” ? Do you want to ban lotteries because they are a scam and you have some innate right and/or duty to “protect” the lottery players?