Readiness to trust increases bearable insecurity rather than security

Evidence

The problem of readiness to trust, accordingly, does not consist in an increase of security with a corresponding decrease in insecurity; it lies conversely in an increase of bearable insecurity at the expense of security. — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 284

Categorization

• DEFINE: Essential definitional point: Luhmann reframes what trust-readiness actually does — it enlarges tolerable insecurity instead of shrinking it, which is the precise mechanism Stevens-type characters exploit.