“Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.” – George MacDonald Trust is indispensable to every kind of coordinated human activity, from sport to scientific research. Even more, trust…
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How Do We Build Trust?
Considering the causal ambiguity of trust, how does one go about building trust? “In our experience, trust has three core drivers: authenticity, logic, and empathy. People tend to trust you when they…
What Is Trust?
In his Philosophical Investigations, Wittgenstein wrote that, “The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity.” The curiosity that is trust is no exception to…
Distrust Is Growing, And That’s A Problem For Everyone
“Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.” – Democritus. Over the last twenty years online person-to-person communication has become…
How Can Groups Avoid Social Dilemmas? Cooperation
According to Bertrand de Jouvenel, “The essential freedom is the freedom to create a gathering, to generate a group, and thereby introduce in society a new power, a source of movement and…
What Is The Best Group Size?
It makes sense that the family would be the foundation of the group, as interdependence defines both words “family” and “group”. However, this does beg the question – is there a perfect size to…
What Is The Foundation Of The Group? The Family
Interdependence is core in the creation of groups, but from where do groups originate? What are the earliest groups? This would be the earliest form of social interdependence, right? Afterall, cities didn’t…
What Is A Group? A Group Is Interdependence
According to Betrand de Jouvenel, “Groups should be regarded as primary phenomena of human existence” and “A progressive society is characterized by a great proliferation of action groups of all sizes and natures.”…
What Are Norms? Shared Standards For Group Behavior
The behaviors of members of groups of all sizes, from the family unit to the sovereign nation, are regulated by those norms that dictate what is/isn’t socially acceptable within that group. Norms are a…
What Are The Elements Of Culture?
“Culture” is a dynamic, ethnocentric, integrated, learned, and shared social system of knowledge, traditions, beliefs, ideas, values, roles, norms, meanings, and symbols that defines a group of people and their way of…