Then ask: do these activities satisfy immediate wants and needs, or those of the future?

这些活动是满足眼前的愿望和需求，还是满足未来的愿望和需求？

Most modern economists deal with the paradox of value by attempting to unify these considerations under the concept of utility, how well something satisfies a person's wants or needs.

大多数现代经济学家尝试使用效用这个概念， 也就是物品满足人们需求的程度，一致化给出的选择，通过这种办法讨论价值谬论。

But this is the great danger America faces -- that we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups, each seeking to satisfy private wants.

但是，这就是美国面临的最大的危险，那就是我们将不再是一个国家，而是一个利益集团的集合，每个集团都在寻求满足个人需求。

The other half, therefore, or at least the greater part of them, can be employed in providing other things, or in satisfying the other wants and fancies of mankind.

因此，另一半，或至少其中的大部分，可用于提供其他东西，或用于满足人类的其他需要和幻想。

So I'd recommend starting with a specific goal that you want to satisfy, then you could use community resources and research to find products and fact check their claims.

因此， 我建议从您想要满足的特定目标开始，然后您可以使用社区资源和研究来查找产品并对其声明进行事实核查。

I suffer from the want of snuff, as my nose is irksome in consequence of the shock I had last night, and I am quite disconcerted by my failure to satisfy the never-tiring wants of that nose of mine.

由于昨晚的震惊，我的鼻子很烦人，所以我很想吸鼻烟，而我却因未能满足我鼻子永不疲倦的需求而感到非常不安。