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One charitable explanation is initially trust, but verify on your own time. This allows for cooperation and growth of real trust, but lets you, well, verify tha
by jdashg 6y ago
One charitable explanation is initially trust, but verify on your own time. This allows for cooperation and growth of real trust, but lets you, well, verify that you're not being had, just asynchronously.
- retsibsi 6y agoThis and groby_b's interpretation makes sense to me. Basically, assume good faith (within reason), but only temporarily. Not sure it is applicable in all cases the proverb is used, but that's a separate issue.