What signals do you look for? Do you decide based on reason or instinct?

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    24 hours ago

    and instead something people have to do to survive?

    Eventually that group of “things” grows endlessly, no? The hedonistic treadmill?

    You can keep a person alive in a zoo easily. Water, food, shelter. Untill they realise they’re in a zoo. Then the “need” for freedom arises.

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      24 hours ago

      Why does the list grow? How? Who does that? And of course there are more details than just energy/nutrition, water on that list, those are just the most obvious and basic things. You also need breathable air etc.

      The example, freedom, is undefined. People in the USA think they have freedom, I think they are living in a dystopian world.

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        24 hours ago

        Why does the list grow? How?

        Exactly my question too.

        Who does that?

        I observe it everywhere. For example when people say they need a vacation. Or when people say they need strong social bonds.

        It’s obviously not a necessity to keep their body alive. But I do believe they view it as a genuine need?

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          23 hours ago

          People say lots of things, there is no need to take it in the most literal way possible.

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            21 hours ago

            Where I live it made it into law even: vacation is mandatory because the majority decided it’s a need.