Solomon embarked on an experiment to test what makes life worthwhile and first of all he said "I will test pleasure to find out what is good" but it turned out to be meaningless. Then he tried great projects to see if this gave meaning to life and he planted vineyards, made reservoirs etc. but it all ended up leaving him with an empty feeling "chasing after the wind". Then the author turned to comparing following wisdom and folly to see which worked out best and neither gave meaning to life because both the wise man and the fool will both die and get forgotten. Hence despair took over as nothing gave meaning to living - and the chapter closes defining everything as meaningless "chasing after the wind".
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