Rachel Botsman
Who Can You Trust?
How Technology Brought Us Together and Why It Might Drive Us Apart
Public Affairs, 2017
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Innovative analyst tracks the history of trust, why it matters and where it’s headed.
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Rachel Botsman’s extensive research and broad grasp of business, geopolitics, psychology, social trends and technology yields a captivating exploration of why people trust, how they should trust and the revolutionary ways society is moving to new forms of trust and “trust mechanisms.” Her brilliant, original analysis introduces fascinating stories to illustrate trends she supports with data, facts and evidence. Botsman’s work, though repetitive at times, is mesmerizing and offers a valuable window into the past, present and future of trust, a force that is central to your life.
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About the Author
Rachel Botsman, co-author of What’s Mine Is Yours and lecturer at Oxford University, writes and researches about how technology is transforming trust.
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