The only reason life doesn't have much meaning anymore is that we neglect the actual thing that makes life have meaning, and that is people, our loved ones. People used to grow up together and still have a healthy relationship when they have their own families. They get excited to spend time together or even just see each other. The system didn't change; people just became more awful than they used to be and stopped caring for their loved ones.
The only kind of system I can blame for this is inflation. Now you need to have a reasonable amount of money to enjoy the quality of life, especially in third-world countries. Because of this, all people care about is working and money.
Quality things still exist, but they're expensive. You want a meal made by hand? A shoe made by hand? A wristwatch or ring made by hand, where you can see and feel every touch? You can get it, but it will cost you. They are expensive. That is why there is mass production, so that those who can't afford the expensive ones will be able to afford the lower quality.
We are all statistics, is a good reason to hate the system we live. This is why some people go to arts route, because they want to be immortals. Write a book so good that, even after you die, everyone keeps talking about it, so you do not become a statistic.
My personal opinion here, I feel like that is something that is overrated. Even if people talk about you every day when you're gone, it means nothing to you when you're dead. You literary do not care.
I don't think the reason people pursue art or invention is so they can be remembered when they're dead. They just pursued what they're good at and an idea they had in their head.
I doubt the motive behind William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was so that he wouldn't become a statistic and have his name on people's lips 400 years into the future. Or Thomas Edison, when he and others made the light bulb. Neither did Satoshi when he created Bitcoin.
They just had an idea in their head, and they pursued it. Many people do very significant things that most people don't know about. If I ask some people to name people who contributed to the invention of wifi, many people won't know, but this is a technology that we will use for the rest of our lives.
So the motive of people who want to do things that would be used for centuries isn't so they don't become statistics, or so people will continue to talk about them. They just had a dream, an idea and pursued it at all costs.
And one way or the other, everybody is a statistic.