Humanoid Sentience has been naturally selected by
billions of years of non-linear, Sol-3 biospheric
dynamics to awaken unto the basic threads of
Multiversal fuction, i.e. "entertainment".

Humans tend to stress and strain and grunt over
some basic innate queries:

Who am I?
(Answer: audience-participation / interface-entertainment unit)

Why is there ANYTHING?
(Answer: entertainment props)

What does it all mean?
(Answer: comedy/drama/adventure/romance/mystery/tragedy/
horror -- entertainment)

What does the future hold?
(Answer: plot development, spin-offs, syndication, an entire gamut
of entertainment)

Are there any visiting extraterrestrial stagecraft
participant actors?
(Answer: to paraphrase A.C. Clarke: Any sufficiently advanced
technology will be indistinguishable from total, immersive,
virtual entertainment.)