[hypeatei]

> and it fails to explain normal human behavior.

...which is what exactly? My best guess is that you're implying "normal human behavior" is unconditional love and support? That's an idealistic view that doesn't hold true for everyone (even in the first world) as GP pointed out.

I think this idealistic type of mindset, which seems to be a collective agreement to blow smoke up each other's asses, has done a lot more harm than good. You get thrashed between the reality that everything is conditional and the ideal which is that you're unique and special just by existing, with the latter being delusion IMO.

[tvier]

My intention was to imply that normal human behavior involves doing things that aren't economically beneficial.

Why play piano at home when you could use that energy to work? Why go to the bar and pay more for a drink than you would at home?

Because of this, equating all human value to monetary value doesn't accurately reflect the world.