Explored that Singapore stat more closely. Trust there is 34%, below America’s 37% 👀 and Denmark: 74%*. What’s world-class is predictability: #2 for safety, #8 for courts. So what makes behavior predictable? Is the lever politeness, or reliable enforcement? Elias: courtiers traded swords for etiquette once kings monopolized violence. Manners stuck because enforcement was predictable. Farcaster is increasingly nudging towards its initial vision: one protocol, several clients, each (wittingly or no) running its own norms experiment. Singapore took decades to find out. Farcaster gets to run several versions in parallel. Fun to watch. * https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-agreeing-most-people-can-be-trusted-vs-most-people-would-try-to-take-advantage-of-you?tab=table

Share of people who think others can be trusted vs. taken advantage ofShare of respondents who agree with the statement "Most people can be trusted" vs. the share who agree with the statement "Most people would try to take advantage of you if they got a chance".ourworldindata.orgstream.farcaster.xyzstream.farcaster.xyz