Suresh Madhavan describes thirteen fundamental domains of human need. He argues that losing a spouse or children creates an irreparable void that no amount of material wealth can fill, while losing boats or cars, though painful, can be survived and compensated for.
There's 13 domains of human concern. If any of these 13 domains are left unfilled, you're going to feel a void. You take a man that has boats and cars and women and all this stuff. I've seen them lose it all. They can still eat, they can still survive, and they get back into something and they're okay. You take a man and you kill his wife and his children. Done. That guy is finished. So that right there tells you there's so many things that you think matter, but when you get those things and you still feel a void, the only answer is, oh, it must not matter.
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