Question

Paragraph on neccessities of life

Answer 1

First of all Life doesn’t happen with basic 3. At least not on this planet. Because if life really needed these 3 things to survive that one might be thinking of, then why did life decide to evolve !? The journey from single cell to being human has taken millions of years at least. Evolution became necessary when everything turned out worthless for life to sustain.

But the question is regarding necessities of people which generally consists of unfulfilled desires of the mind. Well the mind desires for a thousands things. It can hardly understand if it really needs those things or not. Please see that evolution has never cared about the desires of human mind. Only what is necessary is achieved through evolution.

Necessities change according to change in lifestyle. What the requirements were a 1000 years ago is not even a concern today because of the market economy and technology that gets better everyday. Technology has made our lives so convenient that no one can ignore its benefits. We are becoming slaves to the gadgets as they seamlessly creep into our lives.

Our priorities decide our necessities. So it is important that we get them straight.

Money has become indispensable in our lives. Only with money all other necessities are or can be fulfilled today. Food, clothing, shelter, health, entertainment, technology, prestige and power comes with money. I am reluctant to say this but Money is THE NECESSITY today and seems like it will continue to be.

Our economy is a fragile and ignorant system that fails to address the well being of people. And here by people I mean the labor class. If hard work is the key to success then why do poor continue to remain poor in spite of their hard work. How can we not see the irony of this ? The one who doesn’t contribute to anything sits on the top with all the riches and the one who tirelessly works on the fields has no way to meet his ends so commits suicide. So obviously no one today wants to be the later one when being fraud results in success.

What people need today is a dramatic change in the economic system that strikes money out of the park and demands well being for every individual in a reasonably just manner. The true purpose of life begins with exploration and that can happen only if survival is taken care of. Technology has already made survival pain free but we must strive to make it available and accessible to everyone only then we can witness total well being.

Answer 2

Basic needs. ... A traditional list of immediate "basic needs" is food (including water), shelter and clothing. Many modern lists emphasize the minimum level of consumption of 'basic needs' of not just food, water, clothing and shelter, but also sanitation, education, healthcare, and internet....