This document discusses the need to balance fulfilling needs and suppressing desires. It notes that the 7 billion people in the world have different needs that must be optimally fulfilled, including biological needs that vary based on age. Indiscriminate suppression or gratification of needs and desires leads to issues like poverty, hunger, and conflict. A holistic perspective is needed that differentiates needs from wants and implements policies and programs to fulfill physiological requirements for all in a satisfactory way.