Here's a nice example of how good it would be to have a developed technology industry. My friend in a call center is now learning French kasi if she could speak French, doble agad sweldo. It would take her mga 6 mos... mahirap maghanap ng double your sweldo in 6 mos in another industry, industrial or agriculture.

It's just a matter of resource use and output... the larger the output for the least resources, the greater the value produced.