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One of the oldest examples of this phenomenon I can think of is how halitosis wasn't considered nearly as much of a problem before the promotion of Listerine as
by pmjordan 13y ago
One of the oldest examples of this phenomenon I can think of is how halitosis wasn't considered nearly as much of a problem before the promotion of Listerine as a cure for it in the 1920s.
- derefr 13y agoYou can turn your perspective on this the other way as well, though. Do you know how hard it is to sell cryonics, life-extension research, etc? Because, you know, "death isn't that big a deal." Sometimes, a horrible thing goes unrecognized because we've all just learned to live with how horrible it is, and to stop wasting emotional energy despairing about it. When a cure does then come about... some company has to remind people that the problem is a problem in the first place. Some "non-problems" are Emperors wearing some very compelling New Clothes.
- afterburner 13y agoCryonics and life extension research are not the same as an actual cure that works.
- ama729 13y agoI must respectfully disagree, halitosis (bad breadth for those wondering) was already considerer a problem in 1550BC and a valid reason in the Talmud for breaking marriage. Hardly small potatoes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halitosis#History.2C_society_and_culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halitosis#History.2C_society_a...