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And finance Allah shmoop What are unlimited wants Darth Vader

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Voldemort Biff Sarah mon What are these villains all have

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in common Well they're all facing the impossible situation of

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unlimited wants You give all these villains and inch and

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what do they do Well they take a mile and

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they still want more Yeah Unlimited wants is the habit

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of never being content with what you have and always

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wanting more more more Now this wouldn't be a problem

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if everything was infinite Infinite time infinite money Infinite resource

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is But that's just not based on the real world

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There are only so many resource is to go around

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which means that in the real world we're dealing with

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scarcity Mixing unlimited wants with scarcity is like mixing oil

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and water You want them to be compatible but it

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just ain't gonna happen So what while the villains want

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while they want power in order to fulfill their dreams

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For instance Darth Vader didn't want his loved ones to

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die and suffer you know like his mom did Now

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that's something we can all relate to pretty much But

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for most of us well we decide our limited time

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here on earth is just something we have to accept

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But not for Darth His unlimited ones facing scarcity are

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what led him Teo the dark side If we look

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at villains in that light while most villains are actually

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just slaves to their own unlimited wants they can't be

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content in life Which drives them to extreme Yeah poor

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guys When we're not being too self aware we think

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things like Well if only I had the perfect set

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of headphones or if only I made a little more

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money or if only I could take that trip to

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Tahiti Yeah Then I'd be happy And I wouldn't want

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anything else now But the truth is while wanting is

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a habit Once we get what we want we get

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used to it New headphones You're psyched The first day

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and maybe still the first week But by next month

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the newness has worn off and they have that earwax

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smell going on him And now you're wanting something else

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You're on the heat Danek Treadmill a k a He

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Midanek adaptation Welke Danek Adaptation is the tendency for people

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to return to their usual state of happiness pretty quickly

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After a positive or negative change has worn off But

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like many of us Walda Mart is definitely on a

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hedonic treadmill He had a tough childhood in orphanages which

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got him in the habit of seeking what he lacked

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security and admiration He kept getting more secure with all

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those you know Horcruxes protecting him from being killed And

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he kept getting Mohr admiration from all his cult follower

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You know death eaters with each level of increased security

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and admiration Wealthy effects didn't last long and he returned

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to his habit of wanting more security and more admiration

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More more more more It was never enough Alright well

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Voldemort Darth Vader and the rest of them aren't really

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villains They're just insecure guys who would don't know when

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to call it quits They don't know how to get

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off that he danek treadmill of Unlimited wants They just

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can't accept that scarcity is a thing That's why villains

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are always grumpy and flustered and never happy and content

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and well usually lose In the end If that sounds

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like you always grumpy unflustered and never content consider giving

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yourself the gift of self awareness and or coming toe

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work for shmoop You're probably on the hedonic treadmill and

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maybe you should consider stepping off for a bit regardless

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of whether you decide to embody a content Buddha or

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a grumpy villain while unlimited wants in a Scarce World

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is kind of what keeps our capitalist economy churning in

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the big picture the more stuff that's bought while the

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Maur the economic wheels turn and that's good for the

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pocketbooks of everyone Well maybe the habit of unlimited wants

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You know the thing most villains have in common is

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actually the hero of the economy Right Greed is good

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So it's okay Voldemort you do you And we'LL just 00:03:42.833 --> [endTime] reef your benefits How about that

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