This is a video on trust in our society after all that has happened in the last few years in the form of a forum among a few of today’s leading thinkers. The video is an hour and thirty minutes long but I think the whole video is worth watching if nothing more than as background noise.

I marked two spots in the video that I thought was relatable to our class.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=sLCfkdrLsVA#t=432s

^ Richard Edelman gives a good overview of the trust issue at the above marker. He talks about how the general populous has lost trust in the government and business among other industries, but overall we have the highest trust in the technological industry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=sLCfkdrLsVA#t=1263s

^Here Edelman urges business to move away from a license to operate to a license to lead position because past practices have lead to a rise of skepticism towards major businesses;  they have forced us to find information from 2-3 different sources to assure its validity.

I thought this related to our reading since chapter two talked about the effects the internet has had on our trust in the media.

Have you lost trust in government and business industries after all that has transpired in the last couple of years? If so, do you think the internet played a role in facilitating your distrust?