maybe few different reasons
* sometimes people use it as notebook - just to put their thought on "paper"
* "nobody reads" sometimes depends on the subject - some subjects are specific and the audience is limited
* it is good to "document" your thought event to yourself - you can reed them in years and see what was your point of view back then.
* ....
Imagine - what will happen when next big virus/bacteria pandemic hits the earth...Other species will stand a chance when human population makes some room ...it probably sounds bad but unfortunately the humans are the problem - not the CO2 or something else (they are just consequence) - proof is how nature thrives around Chernobyl