Trust solves problems of risk but operates only within a familiar world

Evidence

To begin with, we have to avoid confusion between familiarity and trust. Familiarity is an unavoidable fact of life; trust is a solution for specific problems of risk. But trust has to be achieved within a familiar world, and changes may occur in the familiar features of the world which will have an impact on the possibility of developing trust in human relations. Hence we cannot neglect the conditions of familiarity and its limits when we set out to explore the conditions of trust. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1334

Categorization

• DEFINE: Core distinction anchoring the chapter: familiarity (unavoidable life fact) vs. trust (solution for specific risk problems) — the key term ‘risk’ is introduced as trust’s defining function.
• XREF: Central to the reader’s guiding analysis: Saramago’s blindness destroys the familiar world, so per Luhmann trust’s precondition collapses — the doctor’s wife retains familiarity (sight) and is the only one who can still trust, matching her role as sole order-guarantor. — connects to: Trust is domain-specific, varying by context and relationship rather than globally.; Overt risk calculation in contracts can undercut the trust it formalizes; Trust as a distinct social phenomenon emerged only under modern conditions of risk (+5 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1334

Broader Connections

• Trust presupposes a structured environment supplied by the existence of other systems. #expands (0.82)
• Institutions substitute for the need to trust in risky interactions #qualifies (0.78)