Having to grapple with existential questions, with meaningfulness has it's downsides but being a meaningless creature seems unideal. To me. Becoming sentient o

Having to grapple with existential questions, with meaningfulness has it's downsides but being a meaningless creature seems unideal. To me. Becoming sentient on an already developed industrialized world seems like it would be awful, though . I like to think there are many paths where a species could be welcomed & supported well, but it's hard to imagine that happening on our present earth.