Culture of honor (Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell)

Cultures of honor tend to take root in highlands and
other marginally fertile areas, such as Sicily or the mountainous Basque regions of Spain. If you live on some rocky mountainside, the explanation goes, you can't farm. You probably
raise goats or sheep, and the kind of culture that grows up
around being a herdsman is very different from the culture
that grows up around growing crops.

The survival of a farmer
depends on the cooperation of others in the community.
But a herdsman is off by himself. Farmers also don't have to
worry that their livelihood will be stolen in the night, because
crops can't easily be stolen unless, of course, a thief wants to
go to the trouble of harvesting an entire field on his own. But
a herdsman does have to worry. He's under constant threat of
ruin through the loss of his animals. So he has to be aggressive: he has to make it clear, through his words and deeds, that he is not weak. He has to be willing to fight in response
to even the slightest challenge to his reputation—and that's
what a "culture of honor" means. It's a world where a man's
reputation is at the center of his livelihood and self-worth.

Culled from Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

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