Meaning- Making Machines

I must agree with Kristol. People need to feel as though they serve a purpose. Without feeling meaningful what reason do they have for trying or even living for that matter? Even if you think that life is a joke and we really should just be open and have fun then that is your purpose. When an entire community believes that their labor is worthless and carries no point then they will lose all motivation and nothing will get done. Humans need to feel a sort of reward for anything they do whether it be a physical reward or just to have their work appreciated, they need that reward or motivation.

Now if we are to look at this in a litteral sense then it would be clear that humans are infact worthless and meaningless. Humans are not forever neither is our planet our sun will swell and engulf our planet taking everything on it. When that happens what would have been the use of computers, education, lattes, or even existing in the first place? But We truly want to (and do) believe that our lives are meaningful because our lives are way to fast paced to allow us to dig deep into the purpose of every chore we put time into. There is also the fact that our generation will not live to see our extinction so we see no purpose in stopping or changing our ways so we continue about our lives knowing we will not be affected and putting the information far into a dark corner of our mind.

I realize i went off topic a tad and i apologize but all in all i do agree with Kristol in saying that we need to feel we have a purpose in life and can't be allowed to believe that we are nothing in order for us to function.