I agree with that but I don't call it progress or "reaching for better stuff in life". When you say it like that it sounds stupid.
and totally useless... but it feels good I agree.
I'm thinking is it harder to let go of the needs that everyone has in their brain than it is to actually reach for those goals based on pure ego?
It;s till about survival afterall... You show the world how powerful you are, how other people are weak compared, you get satisfaction and chances of getting quality pussy/cock increase, so it's still about survival however we look at it.
EDIT: an example from my own experience - my friend has a very expensive, very posh car. The last time we pulled over in front of a nightclub with that car, there was a big line in front of a door, Needless to say we came in without waiting, later on - we had bunch of whores all over us (these who were waiting in line while we went str8), grinding butts, pushing their tits into our faces, etc... (some guys who were around, you could see a baffled look on their faces, probably been trying to score for a few hours already and we had a ton of bitches wet in twenty mins lol). The car like that is a pure ego, a sign of power, a show off, but it gets the pussy (survival). Simple math.