That's my point. The real question is whether "having access to it" is of value to people. I tend to say yes because I love knowledge and take any opportunity I can to better understand the universe I am part of. But not everyone feels this way.

That's an odd argument to make. It would be like saying that printed word is not everywhere if you are illiterate (or just not familiar with society's alphabet).

I see math similar to many other types of knowledge. You can get by with fairly little, but the more you know, more often you will recognize opportunities to use it.