Exactly (although I can easily eat too much bread too, if it's fresh). It's a major hurdle how to get people to stop such a pursuit even when it's counter-productive because there was never that evolutionary pressure when we evolved in a situation where it was pretty much impossible to get too much.Artabax wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:39 pm People like sugar, salt and fat. We like them so much that we eat too much. For Millenia we were hunter gatherers and these precious things were in short supply. There was no Evolutionary need for satiety, for the feeling of having had enough chocolate. You drink water until you've had enough, you eat bread until you've had enough.
There ain't no such thing as enough chocolate.
Likewise if everyone did had enough stuff, we would continue to need more stuff because 50 years of having enough stuff is nothing compared to 100,000 years of NOT having enough stuff.
I don't believe that it's a completely impossible situation to overcome; I think there's a good deal of societal norm involved too, but Trek handwaves it away too easily. Of course I don't expect it to come up with a real, practical solution any more than I expect them to come up with a sound explanation for all its technology (because then it would've invented it for real), but at least a bit of a nod to say convincing thought had gone it to it would be nice, enough for suspension of disbelief.