Dr. Todd Rose

good things start to happen.

Yes.

When you dip into like the 30s, it spirals the other way, right?

We start to need to control each other.

We're in the low, mid 30s right now, okay?

In our data though, in private, here's what I think is fascinating.

If you cut the data by whether you're self-silencing, people that self-silence have the lowest levels of social trust ever.

They are like in the low 30s percent of people who believe other people can be trusted, okay?

if you're one of the one-third that hasn't self-silenced, they have levels of social trust that rival Scandinavian countries.

So there's something about feeling like you're in a society where you can't even say your opinion.

Why would I trust everybody else if I feel like I can't be me?

So this issue of needing to reclaim an authenticity, it might be the single most important thing you could do to heal your society because it is the fastest way to increase social trust.

You're exactly right.

Like I had a couple of years ago, I lost my wife.

20 years.

And it was unbelievable to see people who I thought I had beefs with, right?

Some people we'd had challenges.

It doesn't matter anymore.

There's this common humanity that comes together.

And you're right.