Making friends mostly at work causes a lot of consensus bias related to economics because it means less exposure to people who didn't get as lucky with any part of the process of getting that job (lemmy.ca)

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[-] pdxfed@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Making friends mostly --at work-- anywhere causes issues of selection bias, but it doesn't matter if it's work, school, church, your local pub, whatever. Balance in most things, as usual.

[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 1 hour ago

I have acquaintances at work.

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

I get what you're saying but I made friends with my coworkers specifically because they were able to acknowledge how lucky we got

this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2024

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