Trust is expectation formed before the other’s action can be monitored

Evidence

When transferred to the human world, the evolutionary approach might a fortiori suggest that trust would be better understood as a result rather than a precondition of cooperation. Trust would exist in societies and groups which are successful because of their ability to cooperate, and would consist in nothing more than trust in the success of previous cooperation. Cooperation could be triggered not by trust, but simply by a set of fortunate practices, random at first, and then selectively retained (with varying degrees of learning and intentionality). — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2781 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Trust is defined by the reason for expectation, not the expectation itself; Trust means predicating one’s actions on others’ risky actions — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2424; Trust is a theory about another’s future performance based on their claims (+5 more)

Related

• Trust is a theory about another’s future performance based on their claims (similarity 0.91)
• Trust means predicating one’s actions on others’ risky actions (similarity 0.89)
• Trust is not a resource depleted by use (similarity 0.89)
• Trust is a result rather than a precondition of cooperation (similarity 0.88)
• Trust is not chosen, a gamble, or an investment; only actions are (similarity 0.88)
• Trusting is only knowledge; acting on trust is what carries risk (similarity 0.87)
• Trust requires both freedom to defect and constraints that make cooperation attractive (similarity 0.87)
• Trust is defined as correct expectations about others’ actions that must precede monitoring. (similarity 0.87)
• The assumption that people trust only on valid grounds is empirical and provisional (similarity 0.86)
• Trust enables action before another party’s cooperation is assured. (similarity 0.86)
• Explaining trust requires understanding the conditions of cooperation (similarity 0.86)
• Testing trust requires a concrete setting and visible relation to one’s own risk decisions (similarity 0.86)
• Trust is defined by the reason for expectation, not the expectation itself (similarity 0.85)
• Trust requires assurance that is at least somewhat well based (similarity 0.85)
• Humans can intentionally choose trust rather than inherit it as a by-product of evolution (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• Trusting is only knowledge; acting on trust is what carries risk #expands (0.80)
• Trust is a result rather than a precondition of cooperation #contradicts (0.80) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2781
• Generalized trust is closer to expectation than to relationship-specific trust #corroborates (0.75)
• Trust requires controlling one’s own readiness to accept risk #complicates (0.75) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 161