There is the psychological concept of mortality salience - the idea that behavior is subconsciously driven by an awareness of death. In the USA there should be a concept of "medical insurance salience" where peoples behavior is driven by an unconscious awareness of insufficient and shitty insurance and its concomitant predatory medical industry. posted by srboisvert at 12:23 PM on July 13 http://www.metafilter.com/168157/Theres-a-good-chance-I-may-have-committed-some-lighttreason
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Date: 2017-07-13 10:27 pm (UTC)posted by srboisvert at 12:23 PM on July 13
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