This is from 2023 but shows up today in the News Alchemists newsletter.The lack of trust is not limited to news organizations, but to any organization, including schools and higher education. I like the article because it gets my own unease with the concept of trust. There's two threads to it, interwoven. First, "Trust is an inherently sentient act, only possible between sentient beings." And second, "I cannot trust that which I cannot hold accountable." They sort of converge. "The dynamic can never be equal between an individual and an organization. The more unequal the dynamic between two parties, the less likely accountability can happen." The broader implication, for those who say that trust is the foundation for society (and there are many) is that, if you want trust to work, accountability has to work both ways, which means at its core, society depends on equity.
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