[OnwardTowardTheGlory]

Higher is not better. A player who fully recovers his (or her) happiness as he recovers his energy isn't using his resources efficiently.

While economic theory rarely applies in the real world, it applies directly to this game due to predictable, fixed factors. However, a single opportunity cost remains even when your humanity is above the optimal level (this level is dynamic of course). It is not, however, the loss of humanity. Playing the game for a long or very short time has nothing to do with the mathematical equations the game is based upon.