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4 quiet skills that make you more trustworthy in an increasingly cynical world
For the last two years, social scientists have been tracking a sharp decline of trust. A Badger Institute poll found that general trust in others dropped to 51% in 2025 with young adults showing up as significantly more cynical. We often talk about mistrust at a high level: with politics, medicine and media. But Dr. Matt Townsend sees trust as an interpersonal issue, too. One that is subtly disconnecting our most important relationships.
