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JPCass
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Re: How about.
said by Goober  : In that case it is a perceived need. There are many things that I don't actually need, but need for my sense of happiness. I don't actually need 4mbps/500kbps service (heck, I don't really even need broadband), but I want/need it because I perceive it as such. Needs and wants are very fluidly interchangeable. Very eloquently put - from a marketing rationale.
And do you really want to suggest that your sense of happiness depends on things purchased?
I think that what's lacking in that rationale is a further division between what's wanted and is at least to some extent useful, and that which serves no purpose except to feed some psychological factors, possibly ones that are only even the creations of marketing to begin with. To some extent, things like broadband speed are useful when it's at a level that you can notice, and gain some benefit from. It may save you time, and provide a more satisfactory experience, which have some value. Beyond that, if an excess makes no difference or only a very marginal one, what is the point? Though marketing tells us that bragging rights, the sense of "keeping up with the Joneses", "being on top of the world", etc., are worth paying for, do they really have any value?
I think we can observe where focusing on illusory and marginal qualities, rather than real value, is getting the Japanese economy. | |
Goober
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| I agree to an extent. But I still have to say that anything above the basic requirements for subsisting is really a degree of want. Although, the definition of necessity seems to be a creeping one.
As for the Japanese, I'm not sure what they use their connections for exactly, but if they do a lot of downloading and listening to music or video, maybe it really is a need? I don't know.
Again, on an absolutely base level, anything beyond feeding your family and giving them the basic necessities and maybe schooling is a want. | |
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