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Sukhpreet
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difference between need and wants........
April 8, 2003 - 09:22 AM
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Everyone wants something more than anything else in the world. I think that the difference between needs and wants is that if u need something you can't live without it, and if u want something you would like to have it for your own personal use
What do you think?????
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Roshan Jeyakumar
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Re: difference between need and wants........
April 15, 2003 - 10:18 AM
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Well i think that people want to be satisfied! They are not going to get only what they need! I mean then what would be the oint in life! We eat we live we sleep we learn we die! Is that it! NO it isn't. Their is no point in livin if you can't do anything you want to accomplish!
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Re: difference between need and wants........
April 15, 2003 - 10:57 AM
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I think that to Sukhpreet. I mean, everyone doesn't really know the difference between need and want. Really, in life all you need is food, shelter, clothing and water. Everyone uses these things like they will never run out. They will run out so you should use the amount you need and not the amount you want. There is a difference. I hope you all understand this and should do things differently after this.
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Re: difference between need and wants........
April 22, 2003 - 04:23 AM
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Needs *are* wants. I don't need 5 bottles of water, I want 5. I think people want to be satisfied. We're greedy by nature, I think.
This may be totally unrelated, but ... I can't help but think of millions (billions?) who are without who don't want anything.
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Re: difference between need and wants........
May 17, 2003 - 11:24 AM
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Ya, I think your right Sukhpreet. need is like to have to have something, that you cant live without. Whereas want is something you desire to have but you dont really need it in your life to survive. people have some very basic needs. Everyone need shelter, food, water, and clothes. People want tv, computers, pets, and toys. So there is a difference.
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DeFiNe
July 13, 2003 - 03:11 AM
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I think that as we are talking about needs and wants we should be comparing the defintions of these two words to the people of the world.
I mean a satellite& a handy are a need or maybe even a must in first world countries whereas water and a food are the maximum need to other people dying from hunger.
The whole thing is very ironic if u come to think of it..
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Re: difference between need and wants........
July 17, 2003 - 05:25 AM
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I was taught about the 4 basic needs - shelter, food, water, protective garments early in grade school. But this view is too simplistic because it did not touch the lower and upper echelons of our needs. For example, can we really live with only those 4 basic materials? I say we would then be wasting our highly gifted brain since we are constantly starved of activities and challenges our human nature are so addicted to. So does that mean computers and the internet is a need? Not necessarily. Our needs should be dependant on what we need when striving to achieve some higher cause. Although this may sound egoistical, we are a significant different species in this world and hence we have unique responsibilities unavailable to the others. In other words, knowledge is a need but overly expensive cars aren't.
There is one HUGE catch however. The moment we start obtaining our needs in the upper echelons as described above, we deplete the world of our lower echelon needs, namely the air we breathe in. Often we hear that without food one can survive for a record 7 weeks (or more , humans are unpredictable ) but only 3 days without water. What about oxygen? How about a coupla minutes? Even though there isn't a slightest chance the earth will be entirely depleted of oxygen in the coming centuries but the diseases and complications caused by toxins in the air are already claiming enough lives to matter.
The challenge is to find an equilibrium where we will be able to live without destroying our basic needs.
All said, there is no specific meanings for the two terms as they vary around the globe and they are often interjectory, depending on the quality of life. This summarization may seem hasty and simple, but may prove to be true in most cases.
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July 18, 2003 - 09:42 AM
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to know the differents between needs and wants
is to know the main isseu in the economic problems ,
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NEED & Want
July 25, 2003 - 08:19 AM
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i agree upon putting diffrence between the NEEDS and the WANTS..
cause needs mean here you can`t accpet living without.. or it is so important for your life.. so you need something..
while wants.. mean you want.. but you canlive withour it or withit.. you just want.. but don`t need it..
and i think.. we need to identify our needs 1rst when what do we want in the 2nd..
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Re: difference between need and wants........
September 1, 2003 - 08:51 AM
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i agree with you aquila
they vary around the globe everyone tell his needs and his wants it can't be global needs and wants
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difference between need and wants........
December 5, 2003 - 04:19 AM
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It may be important to notice that when we think of needs, most of us tend to think of external needs, like food, shelter, and clothing. It's rare that you hear or read discussions about internal needs, like the need to experience beauty, or the need for intimacy.
The difference between needs and wants is measurable by what happens if the need or want goes unfed. If you don't get the Mercedes, you may be disappointed, but no long term damage occurs to you. On the other hand, if you don't experience beauty or joy in your life, then some degree of long term damage will result.
Dr. Paul Hatherley, Ph.D. has written a series of books that serve this topic well. If anyone wants to contact him, send me an e-mail.
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Re: difference between need and wants........
January 7, 2004 - 07:28 AM
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i think to get the defferent between want and need, one should findout the economic development you achieve of both.
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at what level?
January 20, 2004 - 11:50 AM
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At a most basic level, my body needs oxygen and food to function. On another level, I require intellectual and emotional interaction for my mental survival.
My body cannot function without oxygen and sustenance, it can, however, function without intellectual and emotional interaction. My ability to function as a person though in normal social situations/interactions would be greatly hindered by a lack of intelligence or emotion, so on another level it's something I really do need. Progressing on from that thought though, if a child were going through school without access to a TV where all other children did, then there would be a definate lack of knowledge for that child and an inability to interact. A lot of us learn so much or rather absorb a lot from TV e.g. mannerisms, slangs, dress sense. This doesn't mean that a child needs a TV, it means the child needs to be exposed to the same information .. but then that information comes in profusion from TV, so could you not then say that child then needs a TV?
I could say that I need a holiday, but on one level I don't technically need it that I'll die immediately without it, yet if I didn't take a holiday, then the benefits I would have from that holiday would still be needed as my ability to function may not to the quality or standard they would be had I had a holiday. Things such as releasing stress, getting out of my everyday environment into something new, interacting with different situations and new people. Then perhaps it's not the holiday that I'm needing (like the TV), but the change and variety of environment - but then perhaps I can only get that in my current situation if I went on holiday, therefore meaning I need a holiday.
Even in relationships - I could live without you, technically - but I'd rather have you in my life. Why? Because you bring so much into it that would not otherwise be in my life, which brings me happiness and fulfillment. I'm sure I could get happiness and fulfillment elsewhere, but not to the same level or standard that I'd get from you. So for that level of what you bring into my life, I need you. ... I'll leave "want" alone. 
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Re: difference between need and wants........
February 18, 2004 - 01:14 AM
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But... do you really NEED a car? Or do you actually need to get from one place to another (i.e. mobility = the service the car provides)? Or do you need the product/service (e.g. fresh food) at the other end that you originally thought you needed the car to get to?
There are some intersting debates going on around dematerialization that point out that we need services more than goods in many cases. And that a more decentralized production system can reduce the need for transportation.
Maybe (in the example I'm using), you don't need a car. You need the ability to access nutritious food. This might be handled through the introduction of community gardens, rather than you buying a car.
Does that make sense?
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Location and Transition Costs
February 18, 2004 - 09:56 AM
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Certainly looking at end uses is important. However, if one already lives in a location that is built around the car (e.g., California) are the transition costs too high to switch? The classic example is the Dvorak vs the Qwerty keyboard. The Dvorak is faster, but to convert all the Qwerty boards is prohibitively expensive.
Maybe by looking at local situations (e.g., where there is lower cost land and labor) for opportunities to experiment in local gardens and/or alternative transportation systems.
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