Lack of confidence breeds alienation while lack of trust changes risk decisions

Evidence

Given these conditions the relation between confidence and trust is once again important. The large functional systems depend not only on confidence but also on trust. If there is a lack of confidence there will also be a diffuse sentiment of dissatisfaction and alienation or even anomie. This may have no immediate impact on the system. If trust is lacking, however, this changes the way people decide about important issues. Trust, as may be recalled, is an attitude which allows for risktaking decisions. The development of trust and distrust depends on local milieu and personal experience. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1427

Categorization

• DEFINE: Precisely distinguishes confidence (no immediate systemic impact, diffuse alienation) from trust (alters risk-taking decisions) — exactly the conceptual scaffolding the reader’s Luhmann/Hardin synthesis needs.
• XREF: Connects directly to the reader’s stated goal of mapping trust to observable constraints on opportunistic behavior; the doctor’s wife in Blindness is the lone trust-guarantor amid collapsing confidence.