10 - Sketching on a Blank Slate
from Part III
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 July 2019
Summary
In the first nine chapters, we made our affirmative case for trust as a central feature of human development, for trust being delivered by social technologies of various types, for many different providers of trust, and for the central question of society regarding who is the most efficient supplier of trust. In this chapter, we imagine how the history and theory of trust that we’ve set out in earlier chapters may play out in various areas. Our views here are half-formed, at best, and are mere speculation. Many forces operate to influence the nature of trust, including social values, technological advancements, and political power. We may be wrong about how this all plays out, but we suspect that, if we are, it will be because those interested in the status quo constrain free operation of the market for trust. We can be certain, however, that trust will evolve, as it always has.
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- The Trust RevolutionHow the Digitization of Trust Will Revolutionize Business and Government, pp. 164 - 203Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019