It is not about seeing these things as an uninvolved observer. It is about receiving a share of an important moment that is meaningful on a personal level. And these are some of the things that make life worth living.
We do not know if there is a meaning to life. But on a human level we are connected through social connections and these people who are connected to us can give life a meaning on some level.
I also disagree that death makes you no longer care. Yes, you as a person supported by a mortal body will no longer feel anything. But the concepts that made up your personality and the actions you took while being alive will still influence the events in the world. You cannot react any more, but most people at least define a written will for the time after they are dead. Just take the nobel prize. It is based on a will that wants to shape the world for the better long after the body of Alfred Nobel has died. The nobel prize is still going strong.
We do not know if there is a meaning to life. But on a human level we are connected through social connections and these people who are connected to us can give life a meaning on some level.
I also disagree that death makes you no longer care. Yes, you as a person supported by a mortal body will no longer feel anything. But the concepts that made up your personality and the actions you took while being alive will still influence the events in the world. You cannot react any more, but most people at least define a written will for the time after they are dead. Just take the nobel prize. It is based on a will that wants to shape the world for the better long after the body of Alfred Nobel has died. The nobel prize is still going strong.