> Trust is the decision to forgo attentiveness > If you can’t trust, you have to pay attention in order to verify – and verifying is expensive > We’d like to

> Trust is the decision to forgo attentiveness > If you can’t trust, you have to pay attention in order to verify – and verifying is expensive > We’d like to believe that goodness brings us together, but that’s not what the data reveal. According to group studies, we don’t come together because we trust: we come together because we align our intent to mistrust. > We stick together because our interests align and we suffer the mistrust of others until we can no longer justify it. Interesting perspectives. Makes me wonder... what is the state of the art in software systems that could help us to "align our intent" in this "impending cyborg age"?