Our bodies are vehicles for genes. Genes survive by being copied to a new vehicle via reproduction. We have drives that promote survival and reproduction because this happens to be a successful way for genes to get passed on. But it's not as though genes consciously try to perpetuate themselves; it's just that some methods are more effective than others at propagating genes, so genes that are in vehicles with more effective methods are more likely get passed on than genes in vehicles with less effective methods.
This results in organisms that are driven to survive and reproduce, not organisms that are made to be happy. Nature doesn't care whether or not you are happy; nature doesn't care about anything.
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