People are fully capable of making friends in wildly different cultures—consider the children of military personnel, who move around a lot, or other people who move far from their birth culture for a job.
I expect the future to have a lot more people in it, thanks to uploads. That might translate to a greater variety of culture, which will make it easier to find a place to fit in.
In a totally different culture? (Cue EY mentioning how humans from a 1960 movie feel like aliens to him.) Well, in principle I could, but...
People are fully capable of making friends in wildly different cultures—consider the children of military personnel, who move around a lot, or other people who move far from their birth culture for a job.
I expect the future to have a lot more people in it, thanks to uploads. That might translate to a greater variety of culture, which will make it easier to find a place to fit in.