Marc Haine argues that in wealthy societies, survival needs are now met so easily through apps and on-demand services that people have space to pursue higher concerns: consciousness, purpose, connection, and impact.
And we've arrived at a time right now in history, especially for first-world developed countries, where much of human history has largely been a history of pursuit of survival needs. I remember in Psych 1, this professor standing up on the stage and talking about the 4 Fs of survival: feeding, fighting, fleeing, and you can fill in the blank of what the other F is. And now, we've got to arrive to a time in history where for humanity, especially in first-world civilizations, most of those needs are met in abundance. Not only are they met in abundance, but we literally have apps for it where we can pull up our phone and swipe left or right, and we can have those four Fs show up on our doorstep in 15 minutes or less. Not only that, but we can track them, which means that if this generation no longer is having to pursue survival needs the way all preceding generations have for the last tens of thousands of years of human history, what is there? I believe that's where you start to get into the space of elevating consciousness. You start to see these things like purpose. I want to have purpose. I want to be connected. I want to know that I'm making an impact. I
