Who Can You Trust How Technology Brought Us Together and Why It Might Drive Us Apart By Rachel Botsman

ISBN 10: 1541773675

ISBN 13: 9781541773677

If you cant trust those in charge, who can you trust From government to business, banks to media, trust in institutions is at an alltime low But this isnt the age of distrustfar from it In this revolutionary book, worldrenowned trust expert Rachel Botsman reveals that we are at the tipping point of one of the biggest social transformations in human historywith fundamental consequences for everyone A new world order is emerging we might have lost faith in institutions and leaders, but millions of people rent their homes to total strangers, exchange digital currencies, or find themselves trusting a bot This is the age of distributed trust, a paradigm shift driven by innovative technologies that are rewriting the rules of an alltoohuman relationship If we are to benefit from this radical shift, we must understand the mechanics of how trust is built, managed, lost, and repaired in the digital age In the first book to explain this new world, Botsman provides a detailed map of this uncharted landscapeand explores whats next for humanity