Air – Minutes without before death
Water – Days without before death
Food – weeks without before death
Species Support – infancy: hours or days before death. Maturity: no way to pass genetics.
Reproduction – species goes extinct without
The only goal for “living” creatures is to survive to maturity and reproduce. There is no reason for it; this is another universal development that is self-sustaining. Life develops and changes according to the environment around it, and many creatures are unable to adapt well enough to survive in today’s rapidly-changing environments. There are certain needs every species has in order to continue surviving; the ones mentioned above are the only true needs for individual homo sapiens.
Creatures have internal biological mechanisms which ensure it will seek what it needs to survive. Caloric and hydration needs are paramount as breathable air is usually abundant. We developed a taste for things high in calories because, in a natural environment, these are far less abundant. These reasons resulted in energy, which the body gets by converting calories (proteins, fats, carbohydrates), to be the most urgent and limiting factor in our survival, causing us to enjoy high-calorie foods more. Billions of years of evolution went into our bodies having intense desires for certain chemicals which provide particular types of nourishment.
Vegetation has been a huge part of a normal homo sapiens diet. They do not have many calories, so a tiny percentage of our caloric intake has been from vegetables; we instead received most of our fiber and micro-nutrients from these sources. By volume, vegetation has been the main part of a homo sapiens’ diet for hundreds of thousands of years. This type of diet contains abundant fiber and vitamins and minerals. Because they have always been an abundant part of our diet we have not developed natural mechanisms that make us actively desire this type of nourishment. Our bodies don’t want these foods as much as caloric-heavy products because our day-to-day energy needs are more important to meet than daily vitamin/mineral intake. Before we got very good at producing, distributing, and consuming the food we want we were forced to work hard and only eat the food that was available from our immediate environment.
Social interaction is necessary, depending on the species. Physically small/weak species, which tend to be lower on the food chain, generally group up to increase protection and individual chances of survival. A homo sapiens on its own is a truly pathetic creature. It would quickly be dispatched by physically adapted animals without the knowledge and support it gains from others.
Survival has always been easier when you are in a “better” social standing than others. Fitting in and being alike gains you access to much more opportunity than being an outcast and there are biological mechanisms that push us to conform to the communities with which we interact most. Unfortunately, the majority of our species consumes the media produced by production companies. These production companies thrive in the current structure humans live in, the media they produce can only serve to propagate the concepts that keep them powerful.
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