tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post6599922970519959396..comments2024-03-26T23:23:06.905-07:00Comments on Blogger in Middle-earth: Procrastinating can tire the brainBlogger In Middle-earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-47644572606472602532008-08-25T02:07:00.000-07:002008-08-25T02:07:00.000-07:00Tēnā koe Tracy!I'm glad you liked my pome :) writt...Tēnā koe Tracy!<BR/><BR/>I'm glad you liked my pome :) written at the beginning of summer 1991. The air was filled with the deafening chant of hundreds of cicadas.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for Jack Gibb's '<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/toritrust/trust.htm" REL="nofollow">Trust</A>'. You are right. It is an interesting read.<BR/><BR/>In my limited study of trust, I've come to the conclusion that there are two perspectives. One is that of the trusted who has earned the trust, which seems to be Jack Gibb's perspective.<BR/><BR/>The other is that of the person who gives the trust, by dint of judgement of those qualities that earn the right to that trust.<BR/><BR/>I have to admit that when I read studies on trust from the former perspective, my baloney detector begins to kick in. Carl Sagan introduced me to his <BR/><A HREF="http://users.tpg.com.au/users/tps-seti/baloney.html" REL="nofollow">baloney detector</A> kit, when I read his Demon-Haunted Word: Science as a Candle in the Dark. It permits me to separate the grain from the chaff.<BR/><BR/>I'm not suggesting that Gibb's work would show positive on the detector, but it is an observation that when viewed from each of those different points of view, trust takes on different hues.<BR/><BR/>One aspect that I can give as example to illustrate is the 'fear' that the trusted seems to relate about. Whereas the person who gives the trust talks of 'unease' or 'discomfort' - emotions that are not exactly what I'd describe as fear.<BR/><BR/>Ka kiteBlogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-80169947923164562552008-08-24T15:56:00.000-07:002008-08-24T15:56:00.000-07:00Hello Ken - and thank you for that beautiful poem....Hello Ken - and thank you for that beautiful poem. <BR/><BR/>Do you know Jack Gibb's work on Trust? Definitely worth a read.<BR/><BR/>http://www.geocities.com/toritrust/trust.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com