ABSTRACT
Any human being is characterized by x number of needs which show his dependence in relation to his external environment. To take animals as an example, ‘quest’ behaviour appears when they end up short of food, shelter, or sexual partner. Possession of these items is a source of pleasure and satisfaction. Deprivation can be coupled with ‘aggressive’ behaviour against real or imagined obstacles to their access to these things. Satisfying need is, however, either more or less easy. ‘Abundance’ describes the situation when the range of available food is adapted to the demands of the starving, when it is sufficient, so that anyone looking for it can have some without taking away a fraction, however small, from anyone else’s share. But why is abundance an ongoing promise constantly pushed forward in time in our societies instead of being a natural situation?
