SSC Survey Results On Trust

Reports SSC survey results (n=4853) on 'are people basically trustworthy?' No differences by gender/race/religiosity/IQ; a small education gradient (PhDs most trusting); urban/liberal states and non-US Anglosphere more trusting; a political gradient (social democrats most trusting → neoreactionary/alt-right least); EA-pledgers and Bay-Area rationalists the most trusting groups; mental-health the least-trusting profession ('100% not at all surprised'). Peppered with self-referential findings (the 'Other'-pickers and the refuse-to-make-data-public respondents both trusted less).

Quality 56 · Solid. 56 — Solid. A competent, quick data readout with genuinely fun findings and characteristic self-referential wit, but short and light on analysis or lasting insight. Firm mid-Solid.

Claude’s paradigm shift 32 · Slight. 32 — Slight. A descriptive survey readout; no novel idea.

Real-world impact 1 · Negligible. 1 — negligible. Reader-survey curio; no material reach.