I've heard of 3 hypothesized "basic drives" for living things: seek pleasure, avoid pain, minimize energy. I don't know that any of them is based on anything more solid than Freud-level hand-waving, but I think there's a fourth one: regulate uncertainty.
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Open-ended evolution researchers (part of the AI world) have been thinking about this drive and its need for novelty. The discussion points that procreation and evolution are novelty seeking. Maybe that is another category?
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