If you went to the trouble to accumulate resources in life you might find it interesting to give some of it to your friends. If anything, I could see the argument that someone doesn't really need a will if one has kids or a spouse as they would get everything by default anyway, and the will us just a way of carving it apart, whether for tax reasons or to prevent infighting... but if you don't have family then without a will your belongings are essentially forfeit :(. I definitely have people in my life whom I want to receive my assets when I die (though I also haven't taken the time to make a will, despite it coming up weirdly often... I think the universe might be hinting at me).