Rachel Botsman: We’ve stopped trusting institutions and started trusting strangers – TED Talk

 We’ve stopped trusting institutions and started trusting strangers

2,312,884 plays, Rachel Botsman, TEDSummit, June 2016

Something profound is changing our concept of trust, says Rachel Botsman. While we used to place our trust in institutions like governments and banks, today we increasingly rely on others, often strangers, on platforms like Airbnb and Uber and through technologies like the blockchain. This new era of trust could bring with it a more transparent, inclusive and accountable society — if we get it right. Who do you trust?

About the speaker

Rachel Botsman, Trust researcher, See speaker profile

Rachel Botsman is a recognized expert on how collaboration and trust enabled by digital technologies will change the way we live, work, bank and consume.

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Veja a letra da música “Strangers” de Halsey
#Halsey #Strangers
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Depending On The #Kindness Of #Strangers

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Tiny Disabled Puppy Found in Dumpster Gets New Home in Time for Christmas

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Letra da música “Strangers” de Halsey
#Halsey #Strangers
https://daletra.com.br/halsey/letra/strangers.html

#Mastodon etiquette questions:

1. #follow :: I'm following freely people and things related to my interests, telling myself I'll curate later as I learn more about the place. Is this a bit too full on? At first it was just what felt right, as I saw all these amazing people, but I am realising I'm not close to the limit (whatsoever) of seeing people who seem absolutely wonderful. So I'm telling myself, ok, maybe relax a tad. Plus, I've seen one or two profiles now that say "won't follow unless we've interacted", and I definitely don't want to bother people.

2. #favourite :: what's "the point" of a favourite? What do you personally use it for? What is the difference between favourites and bookmarks? How close is it to a "like" on some other platform - it does seem, in some sense, different.

3. #boost :: same questions. Boosts show the people following you a thing they may not have seen, which is one difference from favourites, at least. Do you sometimes boost and favourite, for example, and is that a different thing in your eyes?

4. #alt :: I haven't shared a picture yet, but I look forward to adding alt-text and think it's lovely that this is part of the culture here. Really, really cool. No question 😎

5. #strangers :: Last question - how ok is it to just pop up and answer someone's question if you think you have an interesting thing to share? I've been throwing myself about like that a little bit, but really not sure how wild of a thing it is to do. I think it'd be lovely if we could all warmly interact even when we don't "know" each other, but again, don't want to bother anyone. Your thoughts on this? Is there anything to keep in mind?

Quote from غرباء Ghuraba (@Ghuraba013):

To the ancestors of history who have passed away,
In the language of the Arabs, a song.

#Strangers

🟧د تېرو شویو اسلافو د تاریخ یاد

ویــــــــــــــــډیـــــوي عــــــــربي تــــــــرانه

#غرباء

Source: غرباء Ghuraba (@Ghuraba013)
[ https://x.com/Ghuraba013/status/1992977100878569958 ]

#Afghanistan

Good Samaritans Stop Theft of a Purse from A Woman Who Wasn’t Even There

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#Italia #Italy #Italie #Venise #Venezia #Venice #Personnes #People #Strangers #am3-prompt-202547 #Nikon #Nikonfr #NikonD300s

#Drome #Romans #RomansSurIsere #FestivalDuFolkore #Dancers #Dancers #Strangers #am3-prompt-202547 #Nikon #nikonfr #NikonD610

Mum’s double lung transplant a lifesaving gift from a stranger

When NZME visited Carruthers at her home in Halcombe, Manawatū, in February, her rare lung condition had deteriorated…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #after #aimee #body #care #carruthers #double #first #from #gift #inside #intensive #lifesaving #lung #lungs #mums #NewZealand #NZ #relief #remembers #stranger #strangers #thing #transplant #unit #waking #wave #with
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Thousands of concertgoers in Poland spontaneously sing 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and it's flawless

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"Give me books, fine weather, and a little music played out of doors by somebody I do not know."

John Keats

#qouteofthedy #Books #Reading #Music #Strangers

Validating Your Ideas on Strangers

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#HackerNews #Validating #Your #Ideas #on #Strangers #validation #feedback #entrepreneurship #ideas #strangers

I invited strangers to message me through a receipt printer

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#HackerNews #receiptprinter #strangers #messaging #creativity #technology #art

‘Truly Amazing’ Hero Travelers Lift Helicopter off Woman After Crash on Highway – WATCH

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Older women help collect melons after accident at busy market intersection

One Saturday morning at a local market, while accompanying his mother on their routine fruit and vegetable shopping, the author volunteered to take their loaded trolley back to the car. The trolley was heavily loaded, topped with a box of honeydew melons. As he crossed a busy intersection, the troll... [More info]