Some chase permanent happiness which can be achieved, theoretically, by indulging in these things - charity, religion and spirituality, science, human development et cetera. What is the point of doing anything when the final destination of you and of the people you do things for is non-existence. People talk of public welfare and charity and human development and feedin the poor and whatnot. If you see a homeless child, you feel sorry for him. But if you see a homeless stray dog, you don't feel anything. People say there is pain an suffering in human lives. Yes there is. But go and look how much pain there is in forests and in wildlife. Animals battle all the seconds they live to survive. We eat other animals while no one wants to be eaten by an animal higher than us in the food chain. Its all life. Then why are we so partial in "welfare". It all sucks