[kubb]

In a world where you have to be worried about where you're going to live, none of this applies. Survival takes priority.

[amelius]

Yes, perhaps this is a better framework:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs

[KineticLensman]

Maslow put sex in the wrong place and completely omitted wifi.

A more serious challenge is that the relative importance of the different levels isn't fixed, but varies according to environmental circumstances, individual desires and social context / pressure.