I like the book Man's Search for Meaning. Per that philosophy, what carries meaning is helping others. The builds the deepest friendships. If you don't have a

I like the book Man's Search for Meaning. Per that philosophy, what carries meaning is helping others. The builds the deepest friendships. If you don't have a way to do that -- all needs are met, and people don't need help -- playing a game of Settlers or Chess is a form a socialization and helpful. But overall, if you can work together towards some meaningful cause, that builds something deeper. Pick one of these: * OpenAI just went from "Let's prevent Skynet" to "Let's build Skynet for power and profit" * Health. Pick one. * Education. * Food insecurity * War on Ukraine ... Depending on your position and personality, either try to fix it, or try to fix some small element of it. Something like "education" can be anything from tutoring one child in your neighborhood to trying to build a worldwide free online university. "Health" can be anything from organizing a sports soccer club for kids in your community to trying to cure cancer. That's important. Other corners: * Causes: Abortion (saving babies versus women's rights). Gun control (2nd amendment/rule-of-law versus saving lives). Religion. vi/emacs/MS Code. Some of these appear to have a clear right/wrong (but some would argue we have no objective way to tell which is which), some do not, but if you get drawn in, these will simply suck your soul and you'll do no good. It's mostly just destructive struggle. * Personal gain: Again, empty void. Those are worse than chess.