“For example, sports players get paid exceedingly well even though they are not doing anything helpful for society. Actually, they may be doing something detrimental to society.”
“I don’t think Rav Kook zt”l agrees with that.”
Even if that’s correct, I would imagine that most Gedolim disagree with him on that.
I also wonder if that’s accurate? Maybe he just tried to see the good in everyone/everything? I don’t know; I’m just asking.