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12 Post author: NancyLebovitz 28 January 2012 08:50PM

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Comment author: beoShaffer 28 January 2012 09:06:04PM *  3 points [-]

Good, question. It depends some what by what you mean by trust and who. Do you mean strategies that apply across agent and/or person space or are things that rely on human specific psychology ok? Also, by trust do you mean reliably honest, reliable as an ally, or something else. I would be interested in all of those sub varieties, but which one is being addressed would be pretty important for any given article. Strategy of conflict is very good for how to ensure trust in a fairly unusual, but useful sense of the word.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 28 January 2012 09:57:00PM 1 point [-]

I was thinking about which people you trust in important matters-- spouses or the equivalent, employees, employers, doctors, investments, that sort of thing. If you'd like a LessWrongian flavor, who would you trust to take care of your affairs while you're frozen, and why?

Comment author: CharlesR 28 January 2012 10:59:35PM *  0 points [-]

When it comes to doctors and therapists, my general approach is:

Seek recommendations from people I trust who are in a position to know. Try them out. If it's not working, find someone else.

We're on our 8th speech therapist.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 29 January 2012 04:59:18AM 2 points [-]

Would you care to post about what can go wrong with speech therapists?

Comment author: CharlesR 28 January 2012 10:35:26PM 0 points [-]

who would you trust to take care of your affairs while you're frozen, and why?

Do you mean material possessions or your body?

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 28 January 2012 10:39:10PM 0 points [-]

Either or both.

Comment author: CharlesR 28 January 2012 10:49:48PM *  1 point [-]

For material possessions, I plan to establish a trust and appoint a child or grandchild who is already signed up. Right now, I don't trust either option with my body but will probably go with Alcor because of where I live.

Comment author: beoShaffer 28 January 2012 10:06:46PM 0 points [-]

Hmm. I think I know were to find some good social psyc data on related to that. I don't think I can do it today, but I may be able to write a summary of it tomorrow.