Today, we could define trust as "a set of socially learned and confirmed expectations that people have in each other, in institutions and in institutions." In this respect, the level of trust in the world is low today. The #MeToo movement in Hollywood resulted in the fall of Harvey Weinstein; From Fox News to Facebook, the popularity of the media is off the ground due to fake news and filter bubbles; and the rise of Trump, Brexit and other nationalist movements is increasing political polarization. These may seem like unrelated issues, but they are all part of a larger downward stream.

Researchers have put their eyes on the trust and have emphasized the important role it plays in the health of democracy. Trust has been identified as a key component of "political orientation" as a willingness to enter the political process. Historically, democracies have been stable. Thus, research shows a link between democracy and trust, which is linked to life satisfaction.

We should have a great deal of responsibility in the trust-democracy-life-satisfaction relationship, especially for young people. Adolescents believe that society is unfair and that not everyone has the same chance to succeed. The life satisfaction of young people aged 11-15 has decreased. Young people show lower levels of confidence in politics and business and these figures are falling. We are seeing the rise of the generation of disappointment, which has so far ignored the system and, as a result, an increasingly hostile youth cohort.

Research

In a Pew Research study, respondents in nearly half of the countries surveyed believe they are worse than they were 50 years ago. This response was increasing among individuals with little education. Young people are particularly concerned: almost four in four are worried about finding work. This is not surprising: low-skilled workers, especially in advanced and growing economies, have returned to work because of having lost or lost them for the sake of robots.

Young people are also very concerned about the current political situation. The Deloitte Millennial Survey of 2018 showed that 'millennials' and Gen Z believe that political leaders have more of a negative impact than a positive one. Only one third believes that the overall social and political situation of their countries will improve, and another third predicts that things will go wrong.

It is a turbulent and intricate time. One has to think critically and act proactively so as not to alienate an entire generation. But what if that confidence had not been in the transition?

Development of trust

Confidence has evolved over time and is clearly linked to advances in technology. Trust 1.0 was traditionally a person-to-person relationship: we lived in small communities and maintained close and direct relationships. At that time the trust was based on villages, tribes and local networks. People trusted their team and were skeptical of the outsiders.
During the Industrial Revolution, we moved to larger communities where we could not maintain direct contact with a small group of people. Cities grew faster by formalizing systems. Trust 2.0 thus became institutional. Corporations, governments and even schools became rigid structures creating trust as we navigated larger groups to support social cohesion.

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