Social capital valuable for one activity can harm others.

Evidence

Like physical capital and human capital, social capital is not completely fungible but may be specific to certain activities. A given form of social capital that is valuable in facilitating certain actions may be useless or even harmful for others. — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 40

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘harmful for others’ side feeds the reader’s paradox: dense ties useful for social solidarity are harmful to state evidentiary proof. — connects to: Conscience lets society externalize reward costs onto the individual; Social capital facilitates actions that would otherwise be impossible. — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 39; Social capital is activity-specific and even harmful in some contexts. (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Social capital is activity-specific and even harmful in some contexts. #corroborates (0.95)
• Social capital constrains behavior even as it enables it, reducing innovativeness. #expands (0.85) — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 111