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The Trust Gap: Why People Are So Cynical (2010)
- nonrandomstring 4y agoYou should absolutely do this for yourself. It will change your outlook. I once did a simple real-life experiment - which you can only do with cash money so put those confounded cards away - to "accidentally" give shopkeepers and mates a bit more money than necessary. In every case that they counted it they gave me back the difference. In all other cases they simply trousered it, thus showing that they blindly trusted me. My hypothesis is that we all know the reality doesn't match the pervading sentiment. So this article really begs a strange question. > How do people come to believe that others are so much less trustworthy than themselves Simple. It's the official organising principle of our capitalist society. It's broadcast and amplified to us every waking moment through all media. The problem is, it's at odds with what we actually are as human beings.
- aebtebeten 4y ago> it's at odds with As I understand it, the only places in society one may find that are relentlessly, thoroughly, unavoidably transactional are (a) in the heads of Libertarians, and (b) prisons. PS. "Unfortunately, a tracking-free version of our full website is currently unavailable in these countries." does not help reduce my cynicism about particular others...