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Minimal-trust investigations

Holden Karnofsky · 23 Nov 2021 · cold-takes.com ↗

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  1. Our reading

    Almost everything anyone believes rests on trusting other people, and there is no alternative to that.

    Their wordsI think it's completely reasonable to form the vast majority of one's beliefs based on trust like this. I don't really think there's any alternative.
    Interesting

  2. Our reading

    Occasionally suspending your trust in everyone and digging into one question as deeply as you can is the single most formative thing you can do for how you think.

    Their wordsMinimal-trust investigation is probably the single activity that's been most formative for the way I think.
    Interesting