Observing that others accept code-specific reasons requires visible selection processes

Evidence

In order to deduce that other people accept matters for code-specific reasons, one has to be able to know, or at least to suspect, that selections do actually take place. — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 746

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

  • QUESTION: This is the epistemic precondition for system trust — worth chasing how it bears on trust as a medium alongside power.