I prefer to think that people having enough faith in someone to believe unbelievable things is a good thing. It’s just sad that people abuse that trust.
I prefer to think that people having enough faith in someone to believe unbelievable things is a good thing. It’s just sad that people abuse that trust.
I go back and forth. It's nice to live in a high-trust society. An example from the other day: suppose a stranger sees you taking photos and offers to take your picture. Do you give them your...
I go back and forth. It's nice to live in a high-trust society. An example from the other day: suppose a stranger sees you taking photos and offers to take your picture. Do you give them your phone? Can you trust them to take your picture instead of stealing your phone? That's going to depend on context. In some places, it would be a very bad idea to let a stranger have your phone.
Trusting people is taking a shortcut. A responsible person who's trusted with an important task will avoid taking shortcuts like that and verify more. For example, I don't think it would be responsible to let a stranger use a borrowed phone. When something goes wrong, which shortcuts were reasonable to take suddenly becomes a big issue.
This is a pretty harmless prank since most people don't do anything if they believe a fake video, but falling for it is a bad sign. Would they also fall for it when it matters more?
You can learn from both big and small mistakes, but the small ones are cheaper to learn from.
I saw this video on Reddit and some people seem to have taken it at face value. I find that concerning.
I prefer to think that people having enough faith in someone to believe unbelievable things is a good thing. It’s just sad that people abuse that trust.
I go back and forth. It's nice to live in a high-trust society. An example from the other day: suppose a stranger sees you taking photos and offers to take your picture. Do you give them your phone? Can you trust them to take your picture instead of stealing your phone? That's going to depend on context. In some places, it would be a very bad idea to let a stranger have your phone.
Trusting people is taking a shortcut. A responsible person who's trusted with an important task will avoid taking shortcuts like that and verify more. For example, I don't think it would be responsible to let a stranger use a borrowed phone. When something goes wrong, which shortcuts were reasonable to take suddenly becomes a big issue.
This is a pretty harmless prank since most people don't do anything if they believe a fake video, but falling for it is a bad sign. Would they also fall for it when it matters more?
You can learn from both big and small mistakes, but the small ones are cheaper to learn from.