Is it possible to first assume positive intent? Start from a place of trust and then follow the facts (yikes, this can be a challenge). Not sure I could maintain my mental health if I lived in a perpetual state of mistrust.
When it comes to trusting our institutions, is it the institution we should mistrust, or individual players that drive mis-trust? The jerks get the media coverage.
The wall of mistrust makes it harder for our institution to hire and retain talent. Additionally, people working in the institutions are frustrated by the number of job openings, unrealistic regulatory expectations and outdated infrastructure.
Your last paragraph. As I read it, "it's useful to bring back trust". You are framing trust as something "we the people" should bring back. We didn't break trust. The big systems (big pharma, big agriculture, big gov, big medicine, e.t.c.) did. They need to throw out corruption, be transparent, work for humanity and all the rest.
Is it possible to first assume positive intent? Start from a place of trust and then follow the facts (yikes, this can be a challenge). Not sure I could maintain my mental health if I lived in a perpetual state of mistrust.
When it comes to trusting our institutions, is it the institution we should mistrust, or individual players that drive mis-trust? The jerks get the media coverage.
The wall of mistrust makes it harder for our institution to hire and retain talent. Additionally, people working in the institutions are frustrated by the number of job openings, unrealistic regulatory expectations and outdated infrastructure.
Thoughtful article--appreciate your insights.
Thank you! I rather think the institutions do try for the most part but with enough bad faith arguments against them it spurs further safetyism.
Your last paragraph. As I read it, "it's useful to bring back trust". You are framing trust as something "we the people" should bring back. We didn't break trust. The big systems (big pharma, big agriculture, big gov, big medicine, e.t.c.) did. They need to throw out corruption, be transparent, work for humanity and all the rest.
I wonder. I'm not ready to give up agency there yet.
> Like freshman philosophy students everyone’s confused and nobody knows anything for sure.
This made me laugh. That’s certainly not the self-perception of many freshman philosophy students; accurate as it is.