Cooperation is broader than trust and mostly grounded in institutions, not trust.

Evidence

Indeed, some amount of trust must be present in any complex economic system, and it is far from inconceivable that systems with a higher level of general trust could come about. It would be risky, however, to make higher levels of trust into a cornerstone of economic reform. We may hope that trust will come about as the by-product of a good economic system (and thus make the system even better), but one would be putting the cart before the horse were one to bank on trust, solidarity and altruism as the preconditions for reform. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2773 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Cooperation is often rational gambling on typical trustworthiness, not chosen trust.; Trust is a result rather than a precondition of cooperation — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2781; Trust is a small-scale phenomenon that institutions must replace to enable large-scale cooperation (+6 more)

Related

• Trust is a small-scale phenomenon that institutions must replace to enable large-scale cooperation (similarity 0.94)
• Institutions enabling safe cooperation must precede trustworthiness, which precedes trust (similarity 0.93)
• Trust should be a by-product of good institutions, not their precondition (similarity 0.92)
• Institutions substitute for trust by securing trustworthiness coercively. (similarity 0.91)
• Highly cooperative societies can sustain mutual trust without religion. (similarity 0.87)
• Trust was the necessary condition of all political association (similarity 0.85)
• Cooperation can occur without trust when incentives align (similarity 0.85)
• Cooperation can evolve without any trust being involved. (similarity 0.84)
• Trust emerges as a result of cooperation rather than an element of social capital. (similarity 0.83)
• Trust requires both freedom to defect and constraints that make cooperation attractive (similarity 0.83)
• Cooperation rests on coercion, interests, values, and personal bonds (similarity 0.83)
• Strategies to minimize reliance on trust have been conflated with neglecting to understand it. (similarity 0.83)
• Cooperation survives even when cheating pays hugely and system costs are steep. (similarity 0.83)
• Cooperation depends on trust plus situation-specific constraints and incentives (similarity 0.82)
• Skipping trust research while economizing on trust has been wrongly conflated (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Cooperation can operate independently of trust #corroborates (0.90)
• Trust is a small-scale phenomenon that institutions must replace to enable large-scale cooperation #corroborates (0.85)
• Trust should be a by-product of good institutions, not their precondition #corroborates (0.85) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2773
• Trust is a result rather than a precondition of cooperation #expands (0.80) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2781
• Institutions enabling safe cooperation must precede trustworthiness, which precedes trust #expands (0.80)
• Institutions substitute for trust by securing trustworthiness coercively. #expands (0.80)
• Trust in government is not a major working factor in modern society #corroborates (0.70)
• Social order can emerge from distrust rather than trust. #corroborates (0.70) — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 784