Who Can You Trust?: How Technology Brought Us Together – and Why It Could Drive Us Apart Audiobook (Free)

Penguin presents the audiobook release of Who Can You Trust? by Rachel Botsman, examine by Caroline Baum.

Nominated for the Business Book Honours ‘Embracing Modification’ category

If you can’t trust those in charge, who can you trust?

From authorities to business, banks to media, rely upon institutions is at an all-time low. Widespread problem, elitism and financial disparity have led to a worldwide upsurge of anti-establishment motions. But this isn’t age distrust – definately not it.

In this about Who IS IT POSSIBLE TO Trust?: How Technology Brought Us Collectively – and Why It Could Drive Us Apart revolutionary book, world-renowned trust professional Rachel Botsman reveals that we are at the tipping point of one of the biggest social transformations in history. A new globe order is emerging: we have lost faith in brands, market leaders and systems, but thousands of people every day rent their home to total strangers on AirBnB, exchange cryptocurrency online, or enter the car of an unknown Uber drivers. This is the age of distributed trust; a paradigm shift driven by new technologies that are rewriting the rules of the all-too-human relationship.

If we are to reap the benefits of this radical transformation, it is essential that people understand the new technicians of how trust is made, managed, shed and repaired. In Who Can You Trust?, Botsman provides a detailed map of this uncharted landscaping – and explores what’s following for humanity.