Trust and distrust shift asymmetrically across behavioral thresholds

Evidence

Thresholds for behavior may be important and asymmetric here. We may tip from trust to distrust only when big enough news comes in. Additionally, it may be generally harder to tip from distrust to trust. — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 961

Categorization

• XREF: Directly extends the Luhmann familiarity/trust framework the reader is integrating; the asymmetric tip connects to the collapse Saramago narrates — once blindness breaks trust, recovery is slower than breakdown. — connects to: Trust and distrust are asymmetric when interests visibly conflict; Reducing distrust is different from generating trust; Binary schematization makes trust and distrust reversible opposites, easing transition between them. — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 311 (+1 more)
• QUESTION: Worth chasing what empirical thresholds studies say about tipping sizes and recoverability — Luhmann 1980 is the cited source.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 961

Broader Connections

• Trust and distrust are asymmetric when interests visibly conflict #expands (0.85)
• Reducing distrust is different from generating trust #expands (0.80)
• Binary schematization makes trust and distrust reversible opposites, easing transition between them. #expands (0.75) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 311