'Trust Me'

Whatever this thing called "trust" is, it appears we Americans have a lot less of it than we used to. Whereas in 1972, half of us trusted our fellow human, now, a third of us do. And that's before we get to our politicians. Eighty-one percent of us trust them only "part of the time" (surprising, that ~ that's a lot more often than I thought it would be): http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/commentary/west-is-eden/across-america-trust-is-freefalling-simple-glimmers-of-resurrection-from-ventura.html
   Could it be that those conducting the survey talked only to Baby Boomers? Because I know that my husband and I shudder every time our 24-year-old son says he'll be using Ride Share, Uber, or Airbnb. And that's because we don't trust people, and he does. So do his friends. If they didn't, things like Ride Share, Uber, and Airbnb couldn't exist (story, slideshow): http://www.wired.com/2014/04/trust-in-the-share-economy/