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Different communities develop different sets of behaviors for this purpose. By demonstrating a willingness to sacrifice for the community’s well-being, and deference to its authorities and customs, members of a community convince others that they are good types who can be depended on to cooperate for the long term.
Moshe Koppel • Judaism Straight Up: Why Real Religion Endures
His access to a pool of willing effective altruists was his secret weapon. Sam knew next to nothing about crypto, but he did know how easy it was to steal it. Anyone who started a crypto trading firm would need to trust his employees deeply, as any employee could hit a button and wire the crypto to a personal account without anyone else ever having
... See moreMichael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Steve Jobs was able to wander around Xerox PARC because those who brought him there trusted him. Once again, this shows that trust encourages the formation of the large networks that our society needs to accumulate knowledge and knowhow, even if trust sometimes works in mysterious ways. Trust contributes to network size by reducing the cost of link
... See moreCesar Hidalgo • Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies
Julian Lehr • The Power of Defaults
- Socialware - Mechanisms that create assurances through human relationships, incuring a high social coordination cost
- Trustware
Chase Chapman • Scaling Trust in DAOs: Trustware vs Socialware
subcommunities that prove to be poorly adapted, usually because the barriers between them and non-halakhic cultures are too low, simply cease to exist,
Moshe Koppel • Judaism Straight Up: Why Real Religion Endures

