﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>FoCKtheNaYSaYERs's Xanga</title><link>http://fockthenaysayers.xanga.com/</link><description>Latest Xanga weblog from FoCKtheNaYSaYERs</description><language>en</language><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>The Weblog Community</title><url>http://s.xanga.com/images/xangalogobutton.gif</url><link>http://fockthenaysayers.xanga.com/</link></image><item><title>Trust</title><link>http://fockthenaysayers.xanga.com/646415556/trust/</link><guid>http://fockthenaysayers.xanga.com/646415556/trust/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:55:41 GMT</pubDate><description>"Trust simplifies life.&amp;nbsp; It would be prohibitively time-consuming to consider all possible disappointments, defections, and betrayals by those on whom we rely, all possible consequences of those disappointments, and all mitigating actions we might take.&amp;nbsp; Without trust, [life] will become ridden with defensive ploys.&amp;nbsp; Blind trust, however, will not suffice.&amp;nbsp; Such naive trust commonly leads to disappointment with the extra sting of shame at having been duped.&amp;nbsp; It is &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;warranted&lt;/span&gt; trust and trust&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;worthy&lt;/span&gt; behavior that support enduring trust and cooperation." ~Niklas Luhman, sociologist&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://fockthenaysayers.xanga.com/646415556/trust/#firstcomment</comments></item></channel></rss>