Why Even Bother?
Nobody requires us to improve anything. We could walk around life being a complete loser and it would still be a normal life of a human being. Billions of people for generations have lived this way.
Even if we manage to make a significant impact in society; curing cancer, inventing rocket-ships etc. This still doesn’t solve people’s more meaningful problems. Human to human interaction. Our perception of ourselves.
Why even bother spending a lifetime trying to solve a problem that can only be managed?
So that we don’t suffer more than we have to. And so that the suffering that we must endure becomes worthwhile.