Future of Trust

A half-baked idea re: signatures and trust for Web3

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 yesterda... See more

Without trust in the decision-maker, trust in the process breaks down, and the only important question becomes, “Who decides?”