to me that feels like an odd question, as if you were asking if life, or oxygen, has more positive than negative consequences.

But yeah, reputation, like most heuristics, are conceptually positive (they can be ill-informed, but conceptually extremely positive).

I don't think none of the value that has been created since the existence of mitochondria would have been possible without it.

This captures it very well nostr:nevent1qqstw2agk7ddked0pj42l69c5866j2ja05cfc3p42tjyah0skg0uslgppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskuep0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj77rrmd6