I’ve been confused around why I find it so hard to trust people and this discussion has made me a little less confused. There seem to be multiple reasons. Thank you for discussing so far.
I agree that that seems to be the biggest problem—even if someone shared all my beliefs and values—I would struggle to coordinate with them right now.
I am also dealing with a bunch of painful personal shit right now that might be affecting my ability to trust people or lead a happy/meaningful life. I don’t want to share too much about that on a public forum. (It could actually fuck up my life if I did.)
I know the standard advice is to go fix my personal shit before I think about the future of the world, but at some point I do need to figure out who to trust or not, and it’s going to have implications for both my personal and professional life, I can’t just cleanly separate the two.
You are right.
I’ve been confused around why I find it so hard to trust people and this discussion has made me a little less confused. There seem to be multiple reasons. Thank you for discussing so far.
I agree that that seems to be the biggest problem—even if someone shared all my beliefs and values—I would struggle to coordinate with them right now.
I am also dealing with a bunch of painful personal shit right now that might be affecting my ability to trust people or lead a happy/meaningful life. I don’t want to share too much about that on a public forum. (It could actually fuck up my life if I did.)
I know the standard advice is to go fix my personal shit before I think about the future of the world, but at some point I do need to figure out who to trust or not, and it’s going to have implications for both my personal and professional life, I can’t just cleanly separate the two.