The point of human existence, the purpose of society, and how to run it
There is a genuine soul-enriching point to human existence which doubles as the reason for society (individual humans acting together in a community) to exist. I'm convinced that an inability to understand this reason is why all civilizations inevitably collapse.
The entire point of human and societal existence is to conquer all of the universe. We are in something of a video game, and the single long-term goal is either exploring all of the universe after which we discover the creator by ourselves, or enough of the universe that the creator decides that we deserve his revealing himself to us.
Once you solve your basic problems around things like food, clothing and shelter, what else is there to do? What might it be that humans are supposed to do?
Spending all of our time seeking personal pleasure clearly doesn't work. It leads nowhere. And, at its nadir, leads to cultural degeneration and eventual civilizational collapse.
