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> Trust is a beautiful thing. Let the trust-breakers not get a free ride. Trust has to be earned. If you trust anything by default, you are just being a fool.

• sriram_malhar 4y ago
  One of the first things that an elderly friend of mine noticed when he visited me in the US is that all the currency notes were of uniform size. He said, 'that's the sign of a trusting/trustworthy society. Visually impaired people trust others to not cheat them". There are countless things that you trust by default. Think of all the Bayesian priors. It is too tiring to be distrusting and cynical all the time.
  • ekianjo 4y ago
    > There are countless things that you trust by default Nope, there are just things I would be more or less surprised if they were untrustworthy.
  • lupire 4y ago
    It's actually a sign than Americans are bad at policy.