Trusting situations vs trusting people @malcolm_ocean
Trusting situations vs trusting people  @malcolm_ocean
Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
answering a question my friend Tasshin asked: why do you prefer to talk in terms of trusting situations rather than trusting people?

it's not a thing I feel that strongly about—I do both—but here are the intuitions
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"Trusting situations" vs "trusting people"

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