A need is a good or service essential to human survival.
A want is a human desire to own better and far more advanced needs. These are the economic definitions. But think practically, When was the last time you actually NEEDED something, and couldn’t do without it? When was the last time you slammed your bedroom door, or stormed off, just for that one pair of black jeans, which was probably going to be the 5th in your closet? |
To cut a long story short, needs are just a few, wants are inevitable,and this cycle is unpreventable.
It is hard to resist that new iPhone advertisement on that glossy magazine cover. Never has it been easy to go window shopping. (Sometimes I really wonder how people actually do it!) |