Occupations in which one is more dependent on opinion of colleagues than end users degrades. ex: journalism, bureaucr, - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

For an honest man, freedom requires having no friends; and, one step above, sainthood requires having no family.

But things are even worse: in real life, every single bit of risk you take adds up to reduce your life expectancy. If you climb mountains and ride a motorcycle and hang around the mob and fly your own small plane and drink absinthe, and smoke cigarettes, and play parkour on Thursday night, your life expectancy is considerably reduced, although no single action will have a meaningful effect. This idea of repetition makes paranoia about some low-probability events, even that deemed “pathological,” perfectly rational.

Scars signal skin in the game.