This is a paradox. People create/produce because they want: 1. to be powerful. Being powerful makes them able to consume more, hence being more happy. People d

This is a paradox. People create/produce because they want: 1. to be powerful. Being powerful makes them able to consume more, hence being more happy. People do everything to be more comfortable. Some people produce, are creative, because they just enjoy it. So they aren't doing it for something else, because the doing itself is fulfilling. Being powerful makes them able to consume more, hence being more happy. You definitely don't get happier by consuming more. Why aren't modern western societies happier than the poorer ones? People do everything to be more comfortable. Sure they do, but they don't get happier by doing it, that's the point. I think it's just a evolutionary strategy to save energy.