Abundance is curse

We rarely care when we have something in abundance be it time or air or money or water. We start to deeply care only after scarcity signals are raised. Scarcity is of more value be it gold or bitcoin or air quality in Delhi. Humans have the trait of valuing things that are scarce or after losing them.

Be smart like social media’s story feature and learn to create scarcity of abundant things. We need to remind ourselves every single day that we have a limited time span on this planet. By creating scarcity, we are likely to invest our time more wisely.

Groundwater is depleting at a faster pace and it has been projected 21 Indian cities will run out of groundwater. Ancient people used to wonder, who will buy drinking water. Every one of us has bought drinking water at least once in our life. Moreover, we have become accustomed to paying for water. We consider it normal activity just as we have become accustomed to paying for digital art.

Oil is less essential for our survival however it is of more value than freshwater just because it is more scarce. We can survive without oil but without water how long can we exist? probably just for 3 days. Still, even after reading this magical article, we will return to our normal activity. How can we be deeply aspired to care about water? Probably when it becomes as valuable as oil.

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