Our universe functions on a super-abundance of energy: the sun freely shares massive amounts of energy, yet we are concerned with scarcity and hoarding.
Our worry is survival. However, we have developed an economy around desire fulfillment, which is never sated and easily converts "want" to "need": amidst excess, we experience lack.
(source: Bataille)
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