Comments on: The Anatomy of Trust as it applies to everyday secrets http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/11/the-anatomy-of-trust-06157/ News, technology, life, and more. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:09:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: A Social Experiment | Frederick's Timelog http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/11/the-anatomy-of-trust-06157/#comment-269 A Social Experiment | Frederick's Timelog Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:01:21 +0000 http://www.frederickding.com/?p=157#comment-269 [...] experiment to test the theories set out in Analyzing Shifts in Human Behaviour (and Part II), the Anatomy of Trust, and A Thorough Treatise on the Nature of Friendship. Such an experiment will not be conducted [...] [...] experiment to test the theories set out in Analyzing Shifts in Human Behaviour (and Part II), the Anatomy of Trust, and A Thorough Treatise on the Nature of Friendship. Such an experiment will not be conducted [...]

]]> By: human http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/11/the-anatomy-of-trust-06157/#comment-225 human Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:32:40 +0000 http://www.frederickding.com/?p=157#comment-225 well the keeping a secret in itself is a selfish interest that will bear down and eventually destroy your resolve (like macbeth. however that is the consequence of dishonesty and mistrust. I do believe that human nature can be defied with the right mind but it is very rare that we defy our natures that make us who we are, be them positive or negative. I do agree that you are correct in saying that secrets should exist as a private matter and are best kept as such. However onemust be careful of who they give such information to. I know from personal experience that sometimes certain people can be loud motermouths at the worst of times. and the realisation of this was probably abit late for me as I had ended up leaking alot of things in which I later found repeated to me by several other people who I had not told in the beginning. I would probably say that because of this in terms of information that one entrust only to the one friend who he trusts absolutly. well the keeping a secret in itself is a selfish interest that will bear down and eventually destroy your resolve (like macbeth. however that is the consequence of dishonesty and mistrust. I do believe that human nature can be defied with the right mind but it is very rare that we defy our natures that make us who we are, be them positive or negative. I do agree that you are correct in saying that secrets should exist as a private matter and are best kept as such. However onemust be careful of who they give such information to. I know from personal experience that sometimes certain people can be loud motermouths at the worst of times. and the realisation of this was probably abit late for me as I had ended up leaking alot of things in which I later found repeated to me by several other people who I had not told in the beginning.
I would probably say that because of this in terms of information that one entrust only to the one friend who he trusts absolutly.

]]> By: Frederick http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/11/the-anatomy-of-trust-06157/#comment-218 Frederick Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:09:56 +0000 http://www.frederickding.com/?p=157#comment-218 Thank you for your comment, Bobby :) I am of the opinion that <strong>not all misuses of information</strong> are done with malice. I believe that someone may unintentionally let something out into the public. I also believe that we can overcome the human nature of acting in one's selfish interests. That's why I argue that it shouldn't be necessary to keep secrets completely secret -- because the desire to keep it secret is, in itself, a selfish interest. Not trusting others is also acting out of selfishness. Keep checking this site, or subscribe by e-mail (use the form in the sidebar), since I will shortly be posting an inspection of friendship. Thank you for your comment, Bobby :)

I am of the opinion that not all misuses of information are done with malice. I believe that someone may unintentionally let something out into the public.

I also believe that we can overcome the human nature of acting in one’s selfish interests. That’s why I argue that it shouldn’t be necessary to keep secrets completely secret — because the desire to keep it secret is, in itself, a selfish interest. Not trusting others is also acting out of selfishness.

Keep checking this site, or subscribe by e-mail (use the form in the sidebar), since I will shortly be posting an inspection of friendship.

]]> By: human http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/11/the-anatomy-of-trust-06157/#comment-217 human Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:11:10 +0000 http://www.frederickding.com/?p=157#comment-217 the misuse of information can have many motives. most of which are driven for personal gain. some use misuse information to get a sense of satisfaction from seeing the reaction of the person who gave them the info(which is generally a reaction of shock and betrayal). in my views of human nature we are by default, corrupt and immoral. the moral factors must be inserted into our conscieceness by our want for a code of ethics and morals. it must be driven by our desire to become less corrupt. so if you place this into a random senario in which the person-B misuses information, you can probably argue beyond a resonable doubt that he/she did it out of malice. and for lack of a finishing paragraph I'll finish it with my thoughts on human nature in relation(or nonrelation) to this paragraph we are corrupt by nature, and because of this we will misuse trust and destroy that which we feel are one of the hallmarks of our being only to replace it with something less than the essence of our ethics. the misuse of information can have many motives.
most of which are driven for personal gain.
some use misuse information to get a sense of satisfaction from seeing the reaction of the person who gave them the info(which is generally a reaction of shock and betrayal).

in my views of human nature we are by default, corrupt and immoral. the moral factors must be inserted into our conscieceness by our want for a code of ethics and morals.

it must be driven by our desire to become less corrupt. so if you place this into a random senario in which the person-B misuses information, you can probably argue beyond a resonable doubt that he/she did it out of malice.
and for lack of a finishing paragraph I’ll finish it with my thoughts on human nature in relation(or nonrelation) to this paragraph

we are corrupt by nature, and because of this we will misuse trust and destroy that which we feel are one of the hallmarks of our being only to replace it with something less than the essence of our ethics.

]]> By: required http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/11/the-anatomy-of-trust-06157/#comment-211 required Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:29:51 +0000 http://www.frederickding.com/?p=157#comment-211 Reading this feels like I'm reading something on Wikipedia. I keep expecting to see hyperlinks. Reading this feels like I’m reading something on Wikipedia. I keep expecting to see hyperlinks.

]]> By: Frederick http://www.frederickding.com/posts/2008/11/the-anatomy-of-trust-06157/#comment-207 Frederick Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:48:45 +0000 http://www.frederickding.com/?p=157#comment-207 I am sure that many would disagree with my arguments against inclusion as a policy. I am equally aware of the common belief that trust must be earned. Furthermore, I know that exclusion as a practice in terms of secrets can lead to negative consequences, particularly when a trusted person does not do the 'right' thing. If you have any <strong>arguments</strong> against mine, please do not hesitate to respond using comments. (The site design and backend have been upgraded to support threaded comments; you can click on "Reply" below any top-level comment to respond to it.) I am sure that many would disagree with my arguments against inclusion as a policy. I am equally aware of the common belief that trust must be earned. Furthermore, I know that exclusion as a practice in terms of secrets can lead to negative consequences, particularly when a trusted person does not do the ‘right’ thing.

If you have any arguments against mine, please do not hesitate to respond using comments.

(The site design and backend have been upgraded to support threaded comments; you can click on “Reply” below any top-level comment to respond to it.)

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