How can there be 'too many resources already'? Even a single sci-fi fanatic, who genuinely desires a giant Star-Trek like spaceship, requires more 'resources'

How can there be 'too many resources already'? Even a single sci-fi fanatic, who genuinely desires a giant Star-Trek like spaceship, requires more 'resources' to satisfy their desire then the entirety of mankind has access to at the present moment. Let alone the billions of people with more modest but still quite sizeable desires.