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There are different kinds and levels of trust. "Trust but verify" doesn't mean you should give strangers your SSN. I agree that this nuance is lost within the
by rotrux 7y ago
There are different kinds and levels of trust. "Trust but verify" doesn't mean you should give strangers your SSN.
I agree that this nuance is lost within the turn-of-phrase, but omitting the trust part doesn't seem to me like a good way to build a collaborative society. Companies are just people.
- stupidcar 7y agoYes, of course trust is a spectrum, and socially important, etc. But none of that answers my question: In the case of "trust but verify", how does this trust manifest in a provable way? Consider it like this: For me, trust is feelings/thoughts. I might trust you a little, a lot, etc. But for you, my trust can only be demonstrated by my actions, because you can't peer inside my head and tell whether I'm genuinely trust you, or I'm only claiming to. "Trust but verify" recommends adopting a mindset of trust but a pattern of behaviour externally indistinguishable from distrust. If I'm verifying everything you do, that does't signal trust, whatever the reasons I might give for it.