I feel like this path from the ‘basics’ is not true for everyone. I have from a very young age have had a desire for knowledge, way before a desire for sex. Also, I have never had a desire for power or fame. So, I doubt I’m the only person who’s desires don’t follow this view…..I also don’t see a desire for sex and food and shelter as basic and animalistic. It’s hard for me to want to learn more when I feel like my desires are being judged as lesser or greater or needing to be fixed. Human beings need food and shelter to live….m