@JamesClear Based on Cialdini's idea that there's a propensity 4 assuming what we're paying attention to is most important bec we're paying attention to it; technological, economic & sociocultural expression has been ltd, because this idea informs design of our legal/civil institutions.
@jasonpinter There's an entire field in linguistics dedicated to this--the study of the number of words there are for a particular concept and the developing of theories about the culture/society based on that analysis. @warrenellis uses this in his graphic novel OCEAN.