I can look at a group of people and tell you what they'll crave before they know it themselves, and I'm almost never wrong. I've built a career on it. But lately I sit with a finished campaign and feel a little sick at how easily I can make people want something they never needed.
More people experience this than they realize.
You can manufacture wanting with uncanny skill, and it's started to trouble you.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.