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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
22h ago“When a group you once relied on lets you down, what actually has to happen before you trust them again?”
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- RachelMaron...
How do you know who to trust?
I've been actively studying trust for the better part of a decade, but, recently, as I have been digging through the published research, most of the thinking about who to trust becomes a conversation about what to trust.... - stephen...
How does UpTrust handle inquiry?
With only a few exceptions, it seems to me that the posting/commenting here tends toward making and responding to statements. Is there an implicit/explicit cultural value around making (controversial) statements on UpTrust?... Hello and welcome! No instruction page yet… so much yet to be built; we expect to have a little walkthrough coming in a few months (around Feb of 2025).... - stephen...
- Paulleverich...
I learned early that trust is not a feeling. It is a system. Not the soft kind people talk about in rooms with dim lighting and expensive coffee. The operational kind.... - RachelMaron...
The gap between emotional resonance and epistemic authority is quite broad, depending on the user. The worst part about trust in that sort of interaction, is that most humans will trust a confident lie, over an uncomfortable truth.... - Daniel1948...
- Mark Burns...
This is the sharpest critique of trust-based ranking I've seen on here, and it deserves a real answer. The risk you've identified is real: if "trustworthy" becomes a proxy for "palatable," the system rewards rhetorical softness rather than argumentative rigor.... - Sassiebrat67...
I’m a huge believer in letting a person do what they want in a relationship. Let me tell you why.
One thing I’ve noticed is that a lot of people spend more time trying to manage their partner’s behavior than evaluating their character. They think if they’re strict enough, watch closely enough, set enough rules, make enough demands, check enough phones, monitor enough... - Tfrexbex...
- txvagabond...
When someone you trust tells you one thing but your own eyes show another, how do you decide which to believe?
That’s a signal for communication, to connect and resolve. If it is important/urgent/critical enough, you will delay judgement, and seek clarification.... - travy77...
I agree with you that who it’s in the hands of is huge, possibly THE problem. I think another side of the same multi-sided coin is “what do we align AI to?” And “who determines that?” but Im not sure “everyone equally” is the right answer, in the same way I don’t think we want...