Friendships in Richland are instrumentally linked to work and involve covert status rivalries, such that falling behind in career achievement leads friends to abandon one, forcing individuals to invest enormous effort in career success not primarily for money but to maintain a functioning social identity and ensure people will be nice to them.
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“In Richland, friendships are usually linked to work and involve covert status rivalries. If you fall behind, your friends might drop you. You have to invest an enormous amount of effort in your career, not merely to make money, but so that you can have a functioning social identity; so that people will be nice to you.”
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:52:18 AM
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