“WE WILL BE TRUSTED TO THE EXTENT WE RESPECT THE STANDARD SOCIETAL NOTIONS OF INTEGRITY AND TRUST”
I think there is a lot to this, but I feel it can be subsumed into Paul’s rule of thumb:
You should follow a standard societal notion of what is decent behaviour (unless you say ahead of time that you won’t in this case) if you want people to have always thought that you are the kind of person who does that.
Because following standard social rules that everyone assumes to exist is an important part of being able to coordinate with others without very high communication and agreement overheads, you want to at least meet that standard (including following some norms you might have reservations about). Of course this doesn’t preclude you meeting a higher standard if having a reputation for going above and beyond would be useful to you (as Paul argues it often is for most of us).
“WE WILL BE TRUSTED TO THE EXTENT WE RESPECT THE STANDARD SOCIETAL NOTIONS OF INTEGRITY AND TRUST”
I think there is a lot to this, but I feel it can be subsumed into Paul’s rule of thumb:
You should follow a standard societal notion of what is decent behaviour (unless you say ahead of time that you won’t in this case) if you want people to have always thought that you are the kind of person who does that.
Because following standard social rules that everyone assumes to exist is an important part of being able to coordinate with others without very high communication and agreement overheads, you want to at least meet that standard (including following some norms you might have reservations about). Of course this doesn’t preclude you meeting a higher standard if having a reputation for going above and beyond would be useful to you (as Paul argues it often is for most of us).