[paulddraper]

It's not the same and there are plenty of counterexamples, but it's aligned more often than not.

People want to stay in touch with those they love.

People want to have medicines to improve their stress.

Etc.

[TFYS]

I'm not so sure about that. How many of the services and products we consume today actually increase our quality of life instead of just giving a small dopamine boost that before you would've gotten from simpler things?