Right. It's like saying "90% of what people who can't make rent do is motivated by getting money", or "over 90% of what starving people do is motivated by getti

Right. It's like saying "90% of what people who can't make rent do is motivated by getting money", or "over 90% of what starving people do is motivated by getting food". There's a hierarchy of needs, and met needs are not that important any more. i.e. "money is only important if you don't have any" applies to most things, not just money. Of course also, the "need for fame" is not universal. When taken to extremes, it may even be a pathological outlier. As is the need for lots of attention from large numbers of potential sexual partners. As is the need for the second billion dollars.