>But at the end of the day, the vast majority of people just don't seek to actively harm others. Everything humans do relies on that assumption, and always has.

>But at the end of the day, the vast majority of people just don't seek to actively harm others. Everything humans do relies on that assumption, and always has. Wholeheartedly agree. Fundamentally, we all assume that people are operating with good will and establish trust with that as the foundation (granted to varying degrees depending on the culture, some are more trusting or skeptical than others). It's also why building trust takes ages and destroying it only takes seconds, and why violations of trust at all are almost always scathing to our very soul. We certainly can account for bad actors, and depending on what's at stake (eg: hijacking airliners) we do forego assuming good will. But taking that too far is a very uncomfortable world to live in, because it's counter to something very fundamental for humans and life.