Because of the tax on being different, individual actors in the labour market from different backgrounds can rationally value the same opportunities differently.

Multiple mergers can be challenging because people come from different backgrounds.

The tax on being different is largely implicit. People need not act maliciously for it to be levied. In fact, at its heart is a laudable sentiment: 'prove it to me.' The problem is that we are requiring different levels of proof without realising it.

I definitely have had friendships and moments with people from different backgrounds and in different stages of their lives.

The Animals were a very separate and dissonant group at the time. We came from different backgrounds, different areas - we didn't even come from the same town, basically.

I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view.