An awesome book that points out the hidden motives behind what people do: Elephant in the Brain by Robin Hanson sheds some light on this phenomenon. It seems l

An awesome book that points out the hidden motives behind what people do: Elephant in the Brain by Robin Hanson sheds some light on this phenomenon. It seems like one of the ways people try to show their love for others is by acting like "money is not an issue when your life is on the line" which results in a tremendous amount of spending per healthy day of life generated (poor QALY trade off). https://www.amazon.com/Elephant-Brain-Hidden-Motives-Everyday/dp/0190495995 https://www.amazon.com/Elephant-Brain-Hidden-Motives-Everyda...