> our culture doesn't seem to value honesty and truth That is inaccurately cynical and is a banal observation. There's an xkcd for it, but I won't bother. Isn

> our culture doesn't seem to value honesty and truth That is inaccurately cynical and is a banal observation. There's an xkcd for it, but I won't bother. Isn't our entire economy built on trust? Do you read every EULA, opt out of every arbitration agreement with companies you use? Do you maintain your own ledger to check your monthly bank statements? Do you examine the kitchen conditions of every restaurant you frequent? Do you visit the slaughterhouse to ensure your meat is processed in sanitary conditions? Modern life quickly becomes unwieldy without these basic assumptions. This trust goes back all the way to basic agrarian societies, where you as a farmer would trust your neighbor to give you her apples when they ripen in exchange for your wheat now. Anyone attempting to live a completely trustless existence is a hermit or ignorant of the immense amount of trust they place in their fellow humans daily.