The Psychology of Trust and Unwarranted Cynicism

In this new podcast episode hosted by Stanford Psychologists, Eric Neumann chats with Dr. Dunning about the paradox of trust: a rational person wouldn’t trust people, but try to run a society without it. “Who do we trust? How accurate are we in assessing another’s trustworthiness? Why do we sometimes trust people we think to be selfish? Why do we distrust people who are actually kind? What does trust have to do with respect? Is our kindness actually driven be negative, not positive emotions?”

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