Escapism from reality. That's not what this afternoon's beer commercials will tell us. Enough to feed 20,000 people. The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland. Anyone can buy sex, but intimacy cannot be bought at any price.
Sensual pleasures offer to bring happiness and joy, but they lack staying power.
It's a cotton candy world. Things promise to open our eyes, give us wisdom, but in reality they blind us to the truth, to the truly imp. Many of us need to hear the words of Solomon who tried the success route, and found that ultimately, they don't offer the satisfaction they promise. It doesn't matter how far ahead I get in life, I will die just like the fool does. You can save, plan, write a will, but your children may still squander all that you have left them.