I never quite thought I'd be linking this here, but in Ted Kaczynski's Manifesto[1] he wrote, amongst many other things (plenty certainly to be found controvers

I never quite thought I'd be linking this here, but in Ted Kaczynski's Manifesto[1] he wrote, amongst many other things (plenty certainly to be found controversial), that there exists an intrinsic need for humans to undergo a 'power process' that allows us to exert power over people or processes in order to fend off purposelessness (the Manifesto is separated into numerical subsections, he makes this point in the section entitled 'DISRUPTION OF THE POWER PROCESS IN MODERN SOCIETY' which is paragraph 59). The entire thing is worth reading, for historical significance alone. [1] http://editions-hache.com/essais/pdf/kaczynski2.pdf http://editions-hache.com/essais/pdf/kaczynski2.pdf