Example: if all money goes to the solving of survival problems, with none going to research or exploration, then the world will be stuck in the dark ages because new technology and understanding will be essentially nonexistent.
This is your commented example.
Three subtopics that may support this idea:
- The nature of science (that it is forever changing and being reformed) and how science is important to us (especially for modern medicine).
- Exploration and revision of technology are vital to communication. Our ability to communicate across the world has caused medicine and technology to get much better at an increasingly fast pace. If we didn't have this quick communication, the news of new medicines would not be able to spread quickly. Our recent pandemic might have lasted 8 years instead of 3, if that were the case.
- Putting money towards research is essentially putting money towards education. Education is what allows people to develop better technology. New discoveries are essential to the improvement of human life.