"Reptilian brain (Trust nothing) -> Mammalian brain (Trust family) -> Primate brain (Trust clan) -> Human brain (Trust all those who may help)
High trust societies are much more efficient because we don't all have to (metaphorically) squat in the dirt guarding our meat. This frees humans up to divide labor efficiently, spend time on higher order problems, etc.
What it is that leads to high trust societies (cultural homogeneity, common religious convictions) however, is an unpopular area of studies.
This also explains why otherwise highly educated people fall for advance-fee fraud scams--it's not just greed. Implicit trust in others is what has made them successful in the first place."
Regarding technology, instead of it being subservient to humanity, "human beings have to adapt to it, and accept total change."[29] As an example, Ellul offered the diminished value of the humanities to a technological society. As people begin to question the value of learning ancient languages and history, they question those things which, on the surface, do little to advance their financial and technical state. According to Ellul, this misplaced emphasis is one of the problems with modern education, as it produces a situation in which immense stress is placed on information in our schools. The focus in those schools is to prepare young people to enter the world of information, to be able to work with computers but knowing only their reasoning, their language, their combinations, and the connections between them. This movement is invading the whole intellectual domain and also that of conscience.
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