There is a great deal of political commentary and social commentary that examines the collapse

of trust between institutions and the American people through a static lens. It observes

the existence of the breach

without much pondering about why it occurred.

Why has there been such a fraying

of the bonds of respect

of the capacities for trust between companies and the American people,

between brands and the American people, between political parties and the American people,

between high political office holders and the American people.

Institution after institution has lost trust.

Now, most of the media coverage focuses on a specific dimension of the collapse of trust, a quarter of it, if you will, if you think about it like a pizza, round and sliced. And that portion is the collapse of trust between the American people and their government,

between the American people and their candidates, between the American people and the Senate,

the Congress, the Supreme Court.

And all of that is true.

Deeply so.

But there is also a corresponding collapse of trust, for example,

with big tech. Giant tech companies were once deeply admired. Today, they are overwhelmingly

distrusted and broadly feared.

There is a wide consensus understanding the capacity of these companies to wreak true havoc

while returning little benefit.

The days of Google proclaiming itself as doing no evil,

and Facebook being a happy place,

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