Always excellent, The Evolution of Trust, and interactive exercise in Game Theory.
Comment on So...how the fuck do I trust *anything*?
felixwhynot@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I view interpersonal trust like a ladder. You trust a little, if someone trusts you back or validates your trust, then you can progress to trusting more. If not, don’t!
As far as institutional trust, you’ll have to decide for yourself IMO. Do you agree with the messaging from the institution? Do you generally trust the people within it? If so, progress, otherwise don’t.
If you have a different question let me know. Hope this helps.
eightpix@lemmy.world 1 day ago
meco03211@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Something I do for this is to look at what the “opposition” says in response to anything salacious or inflammatory. Does the other side address it directly and provide evidence? Do they ignore it? What’s their track record on the subject? Consider the end of Obama’s last term when all the right could talk about was him golfing. Then trump gets in office and golf’s even more. Anyone who botched about Obama and was silent for trump lose a ton of credibility. The exact same thing for the debt. The right was screaming about how much debt Obama added. Then trump goes and adds more in his one term than Obama did in two. Those same critics? Fucking silent.