I want something to care about, too. That's why I was convinced by those two articles.

However, I have to put this here - a more in-depth analysis of one study that is the basis of some of the ideas. The study was flawed to the point of nonsense:

Improving your health by pursuing meaning in your life versus happiness | Mind the Brain

I still fall that side of the philosophical debate, though:

>In the words of Carl Jung, “The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.” Jung’s wisdom certainly seems to apply to our bodies, if not also to our hearts and our minds.