Thomas Nagel — Yugoslavian Philosopher born on July 04, 1937,

Thomas Nagel is an American philosopher, currently University Professor of Philosophy and Law Emeritus at New York University, where he has taught since 1980. His main areas of philosophical interest are philosophy of mind, political philosophy and ethics... (wikipedia)

Life may be not only meaningless but absurd.
Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly some of the same external tasks as conscious beings will be recognized as a gigantic waste of time.
There is a tendency to seek an objective account of everything before admitting its reality.
Consciousness is what makes the mind-body problem really intractable.