Trust is not a resource depleted by use

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 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Using trust does not deplete it, so trust can build on trust — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 516; Trust is a result rather than a precondition of cooperation — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2781

Related

• Trust is expectation formed before the other’s action can be monitored (similarity 0.89)
• Trust requires both freedom to defect and constraints that make cooperation attractive (similarity 0.88)
• Using trust does not deplete it, so trust can build on trust (similarity 0.87)
• Trust is a result rather than a precondition of cooperation (similarity 0.87)
• Explaining trust requires understanding the conditions of cooperation (similarity 0.87)
• Failed trust is answered with still more trust, not less. (similarity 0.86)
• Strategies to minimize reliance on trust have been conflated with neglecting to understand it. (similarity 0.86)
• The assumption that people trust only on valid grounds is empirical and provisional (similarity 0.85)
• Trust grows with use and decays with disuse (similarity 0.85)
• Cooperation can evolve without any trust being involved. (similarity 0.84)
• Trust emerges as a result of cooperation rather than an element of social capital. (similarity 0.84)
• Trust is a theory about another’s future performance based on their claims (similarity 0.84)
• Trust can be deliberately simulated and codified far beyond its natural sources (similarity 0.84)
• Skipping trust research while economizing on trust has been wrongly conflated (similarity 0.84)
• Trust should be a by-product of good institutions, not their precondition (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Trust is a result rather than a precondition of cooperation #expands (0.78) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2781