Future of Trust
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Future of Trust
Max Weber introduced a three-fold typology of legitimacy, the sentiments that get people to acquiesce to authority, especially regarding rules or commands they may dislike or disagree with.[viii] For most of human history, the most common kinds of authority have been traditional or charismatic. Traditional authority appeals to the “eternal... See more
Ari Schulman • Why Speech Platforms Can Never Escape Politics | National Affairs
3 ways that rules have “legitimacy” - Traditional authority, charismatic authority, and legal validity / objective rationality
If you’re building anything that requires trust, participation, or voluntary engagement from real people, you need to decide if you’re extracting or building entry.
Jasmine Bina • Repricing the Human Experience
With a few exceptions, by far the most important component of successful speech communities is that its moderators have faces . A core feature of bulletin boards, comment threads on blogs, and publications is that the boundaries of acceptable speech are enforced not by tech executives, the farcical Facebook Supreme Court,[xii] or distant buildings... See more
Ari Schulman • Why Speech Platforms Can Never Escape Politics | National Affairs
Trust collapses at scale, but it doesn’t get rebuilt at scale. It comes back in small circles and places where the asymmetry can’t take hold. The ambient extraction economy doesn’t need to take over the world for this to matter, it just needs to drive enough people into withdrawal that your old playbooks stop working.
Jasmine Bina • Repricing the Human Experience
BBC World Service - The Compass, Money, Money, Money, Money, money, money: Trust
Rachel Botsmanbbc.co.uk