The Unbelievable Truth
© Blaise K.
"Trust, as I think of it, is not about blindly believing someone—it's about giving the people you have decided to trust the benefit of the doubt, and thinking deeply about what might motivate them to say and do what they say and do. Of course I think you have to check what others say and have a critical mind—but trust involves suspending final judgement long enough to consider carefully the possibility that while they might be wrong, they might in fact have a reason for their words or actions that is deeper than it first appears. That sort of trust requires at least two things—the first is an active imagination and ability to imagine yourself in another person's position, and an ongoing critical engagement with the other person to find out what and why they do or say what they do, which may involve a lot of skepticism—but underlying that skepticism is an openness to the possibility that you may not already know. Being open to and respectful of the unknown is crucial—not to attempt to transform it all into the known, but rather to always acknowledge the unlimited nature of the unknown." —Synthetic Zero
