Why Trusting Others Pays Off
Though we’re wired for skepticism, we learn more from trust
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7 min readJan 30, 2020
In our daily lives, we constantly face the problem of figuring out who to trust and what to believe. In response, we’ve developed cognitive mechanisms that allow us to be open to most beneficial messages and vigilant against most harmful ones — a system of open vigilance. However, we increasingly face a dilemma our…
