Why Trust?
On one episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Data - the android who is continuously learning about human behavior in its mission to be ‘more human’, asked starfleet’s 1st Commander - Captain William T. Riker about trust and betrayal:
Riker: In all trust, there is the possibility of betrayal. I’m not sure you were…prepared for that.
Data: Were you prepared, sir?
Riker: I don’t think anybody ever is.
Data: Hm… Then it is better not to trust?
Riker: Without trust there’s no friendship. No closeness. None of the emotional bonds that makes us who we are.
Data: And yet you put yourself at risk?
Riker: Every single time.
Data: Perhaps I am fortunate, sir - to be spared the emotional consequences.
Riker: Perhaps…
So, are you willing to take the risk of being betrayed by giving your trust?
You do it and there’s a possibility that you will be hurt, mad, in rage, disappointed, frustrated and so on. Eventually (and hopefully) you will get over it and and see it simply as something that spiced up your journey in life. You close the chapter and then move on.
Or, surely you can take the easy way…
and be an android. ;)










