Jamal Awil

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Trust operates despite information deficits, relying on willing illusion. [contrarian]

Trust rests on illusion. In actuality, there is less information available than would be required to give assurance of success. The actor willingly surmounts this deficit of information.

XREF: Connects to game theory and signalling theory discussions about information asymmetry and how actors proceed without full knowledge.

Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, loc. 167