Trust is a theory about another’s future performance based on their claims

Evidence

Fundamentally, trust is a device for coping with the freedom of other persons (Luhmann 1979; and this volume). It is because of the phenomenological plausibility of this conception of trust that it plays such a prominent role in shaping collective life. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1146 (#responds-to, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Trust is defined by the reason for expectation, not the expectation itself; Contracting, not trust, brings the future into the present; Trust means predicating one’s actions on others’ risky actions — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2424 (+7 more)

Related

• Trust is expectation formed before the other’s action can be monitored (similarity 0.91)
• Trust functions as a device for coping with others’ freedom (similarity 0.91)
• Trust means predicating one’s actions on others’ risky actions (similarity 0.90)
• Contracting, not trust, brings the future into the present (similarity 0.88)
• Trust requires both freedom to defect and constraints that make cooperation attractive (similarity 0.87)
• Trust is not chosen, a gamble, or an investment; only actions are (similarity 0.87)
• Trust is a social relationship of investing responsibility in another for uncertain future return. (similarity 0.87)
• Testing trust requires a concrete setting and visible relation to one’s own risk decisions (similarity 0.86)
• Trust is a policy for coping with uncertainty about others’ freedom. (similarity 0.86)
• Trust is a fragile coping device for ignorance about others’ future behavior (similarity 0.86)
• Trust operates where parties are both free and constrained (similarity 0.86)
• Trust is a degree of expected probability, not a separate decision layered onto risk. (similarity 0.86)
• Trusting is only knowledge; acting on trust is what carries risk (similarity 0.86)
• Trust is defined as correct expectations about others’ actions that must precede monitoring. (similarity 0.85)
• Trust functions by treating the uncertain future as if it were certain. (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• Trust is expectation formed before the other’s action can be monitored #expands (0.90)
• Trust functions by pruning the over-complex future to fit the present #responds-to (0.75)
• Trust functions as a device for coping with others’ freedom #responds-to (0.75) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1146