Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People are never satisfied with what they have; they always want something more or something different. Use specific reasons to support your answer.
I believe that people have insatiable desire for many things. We are seldom satisfied with what we already own, and are often envious of what others have but we don’t. The special mindset can be explicated in several ways. The dissatisfaction on what we have may result from our nature to pursue for the better and our need to constantly assure ourselves that the resources we have are enough for us to manipulate.
Human nature craves for improvement of the status quo. We are never satisfied in the current condition and are eager to leave our comfort zones. As an old Chinese proverb goes, th...
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