This tummy of mine...

I got thinking about how the world would work if we didn't have to deal with...empty stomach to feed. More precisely, will the world work at all?

Granted, as humans we are innately curious and creative and we evolve to learn. Very human traits. But, isn't it all connected to a hungry stomach? Or is there an element of hungry mind that exists independent of our belly?

Will any business, any innovation exist? Will we all become kinder or tolerant? Will vanity or style or money become our new measure of life? Would food industry not exist or become more creative? Would we still eat chocolate?

Hard to say except that we will not let chocolate go, ever. If the bottom and biggest base of Maslow's hierarchy (Maslow's need triangle) didn't exist then other than some random feelings and issues of mortality...what would motivate us? Would we still want to exchange thoughts, things, feelings? Perhaps.

The visceral need to eat is unconsciously so powerful that it drives the world...and not only humans...but every living being on this plant. I guess the absence of hunger wouldn't prevent us from aspiring for delectable food and gluttony but the reasons would be different. Or perhaps, the taste buds exist so that we can extract pleasure out of having to feed ourselves. The taste buds wouldn't evolve if we didn't need'em. The purpose around everything we do, engage in, believe, spend time doing would be different. Drastically different.

Consider the life of a pupa. It's sole purpose is to morph the larva to insect. It has no stomach and no excretion system (also no reproductive system). Imagine its role...without the need to eat...a pupa is only a stage.