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		pavel_lishin 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What caused the 'baby boom'? What would it take to... What's mortality salience?

AnimalMuppet 6 months ago | [–]

Being aware that death is not a far-off thing.

I'm not sure that the idea is right, but I'm pretty sure that, after World War II, the parents of the Baby Boom generation definitely had that.

Modified3019 6 months ago | [–]

They likely meant mortgage salience

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