#psychology #sociology #psychological-safety

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Trust is the willingness of someone to take risks in a given system. It is created by the sustained ability to take increasing risks and reap the rewards.

In the context of a relationship, trust is the level of vulnerability one is willing to exhibit. It directly correlates to the subject's confidence that the other person will not exploit that vulnerability (by revealing secrets, gossiping, passing judgement, or even profiting from the person).

In the context of society, trust is the level of risks one is willing to take in an endeavor, and correlates to the subject's confidence that the endeavor will not be limited or shut by societal factors. These factors can be of varying degrees, from changing regulations and policies, to economical instability.

Trust is a re-inforcing cycle: it is established by each of the parties' increasing stakes in a relation. A person who exposed vulnerability in the past and didn't get exploited in return will be willing to renew the experience, and even increase the vulnerability. Societies that put out progressive charitable policies that don't get exploited can build up on these policies.

Trust is reciprocal: it cannot be established without both parties increasing their risk taking and exposing vulnerability. Someone cannot pour their heart out without the person in front of them also putting chips in.

Trust is easier to destroy than build: since the building of trust is incremental and backed by risk-taking, one significant event of trust breaching is prone to reset the balance, and remove the initial deposit. Someone whose vulnerability was exploited will likely not be willing to expose any vulnerability, and increase risk takings. Similarly, when progressive policies get exploited, policy makers are not willing to increase these policies.

Trust is transitive: in environments where people experience trust, they are more willing to take more risks faster. Conversely, in environments where no trust exists, establishing trust with anyone is harder.[Source needed.].

Trust erosion is what happens when a system regularly abuses trust that was put in it.

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Eroding trust is a source of societal Collapse

One of the values in Agile is to trust teams to do the right thing.

Trust is required to acquire [[autonomy]]. It is acquired by demonstrating independence.

Conspiracy Theories appear when trust is running low in society, as a result of trust erosion such as

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The Atlantic / Collapsing levels of trust are devastating america

culture-code : building the right culture that achieves trust through vulnerability and safety

Radical candor: Care personally and show vulnerability to encourage others to do the same

Five dysfunctions of a team: Absence of trust is the 1st dysfunction.