Prosperity requires instinctive assessment of others’ trustworthiness beyond institutions

Evidence

Albert Breton and Ronald Wintrobe (1982, 69–70) suppose that individuals, if they are to prosper, must develop reasonably good instincts for assessing indicators of others’ trustworthiness even absent institutions and reputations to certify them. — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 622

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels Hardin’s own encapsulated-interest account: both assume trustworthiness must be read from indicators, differing on how costly or fallible that reading is.