Trustworthiness Debates
The cluster revolves around debates on trust, questioning who or what entities (like companies, projects, or individuals) are trustworthy, why trust must be earned rather than assumed, and the risks of misplaced trust in tech contexts.
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Why should I be trusted? That's the point. Seems you missed it?
why are you trusting these people?
Understood. But...what's distrustworthy about that?
See the "no one trusts" section :)
Seems doubtful. Trust is earned slowly but spent quickly.
Why do you need to trust any of them?
Ah. So there is a "trust us" aspect to this.
Seems related if they trusted an untrustworthy company to inform them.
Indeed. Hard to avoid an element of trust.
Can you elaborate on the trust issue?