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by revolvingocelot 1107 days ago
Western culture, as putative shaper of behaviour as expressed in the parent comment, even makes it into economics/psychology itself! Most psychology studies are done on WEIRD [0] people: Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic psychology undergrads. It was suggested, in 2010 anyway, that "96% of psychological samples come from countries with only 12% of the world's population". [1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology#WEIRD_bias

[1] https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain...