Bruno_Coelho comments on Three more ways identity can be a curse - Less Wrong Discussion
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The risk to lose friends make people to rationalize their behavior to make them more similar to a group, convincing himself of some identity, or optimizing toward a set of habits of the average guy of her group. Additionally, contrarian thinking signals status too.