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Greed: The Fire That Burns the World Greed is more than wanting something; it is a hunger that always wants more. It is an insatiable hunger that never feels satisfied; it is a fire that burns on even when the stomach feels full and the hands are equally full. If hunger will drive humans to survive, greed will often take them a bitter step beyond survival. Look to history; kingdoms expanded into the newly found lands not only to feed the mouths of their people but to satisfy the want of rulers to carve their names onto the world map. The rise of giant corporations is not simply to satisfy the demands of humans but to wreck markets, even if it means wrecking the planet itself. Greed is a paradox. On one side, it instigates crowded minds towards a flow of innovations encompassing steam engines, the internet, and life-saving medicine; but on the other side, the same greed scorches forests, ignites wars, and shatters bonds of unity among fellow humans. Though they may not realize it, the greedy do not really chase wealth, power, or possessions; what they pursue is that never-ending feeling of emptiness with which they inhabit themselves. Greed is a black hole: the more you feed it, the more it consumes. For this all-encompassing premise, greed has remained central to philosophy, religion, and myth. Since the times of King Midas, turning everything to gold but losing his daughter to modern-day critiques of capitalism, accused of driving the world toward climate catastrophe through its rapacity. Greed is like fire. A fire gives warmth, light, and momentum for industries to be born. But unrestrained, it destroys homes, woods, and perhaps for this reason, an entire planet.