CURIOS.TY 21: #Trust
This issue explores #Trust - the invisible glue building society, science and technology.
Trust — the glue that binds us
[Editorial] Trust is something we rarely think about until it begins to break down. Science depends on it.
Advisor, confidant and friend (without benefits)
AI: Can we trust the advice that it gives us, and the motives behind the people who build the systems?
Little white lies
Can intimacy survive without some concealment? A psychologist and two unrelated ‘work spouses’ weigh-in.
Who gets your Amen?
Millions put their faith in religious leaders despite some dramatic exposés of untrustworthy conduct.
Trusting the messengers
People are more receptive to health information and messaging when it is delivered by someone they trust, rather than by someone with authority.
Borrowed trust: Africa and algorithms
Will Africa’s digital financial revolution overcome the legacy of credit exclusion – or deepen it? Which institutions of trust could make it work?
Can SA’s ever live in harmony with migrants?
Xenophobia is not an accident of poverty or frustration. It’s political and rooted in distrust of economic and political systems.
Spaghetti, hieroglyphics and what’s bubbling under Africa’s urban map
The Atlas of Uncertainty illuminates ‘ecologies of trust’ as well as previously untold complexities about migration.
Game on! But at what cost?
While gaming has been used effectively as an alternative learning system, developers use the same principles as gambling to entrap.
Municipalities: Stop performing, start delivering
Can trust in South Africa's municipalities ever be restored?
What happens when corruption becomes the norm?
Years after state capture, we still feel its impact as the Madlanga Commission exposes weakened institutions.
Lies, damned lies and statistics
Should we have more faith today in the statistics that shape policy and lives?
Gagging the voices of reason
New tech and male-dominated cultures push female voices out of the newsroom and throttle the social conversation.
Consultation or governance for universal healthcare?
Senior academics in Public Health and Governance weigh in on where rebuilding trust should begin in the contentious National Health Insurance debate.
Practising doctors
The journey to become a medical practitioner is challenging on multiple levels, but how prepared are young doctors for internship and practice?
The truth in your wearable tech
From step counts to sleep scores, wearable tech is changing how we think about our health. Can we trust the data when it begins to override our own instincts?
Did you get the jab?
Not all clinical trials are vaccine trials, but it is mistrust around vaccines that threatens public health, demanding that trust in them be cultivated.
The human in the data
Chemical pathologist Dr Siyabonga Khoza talks about medicine’s shifting paths, humanising data, and fulfilling a life-long prophecy.
Trust, traust, truce, and crochet in the age of AI
Craftivists are handcrafting resistance in a world of mixed realities but perhaps both actual and AI-generated stitches are authentic in their own realities?
When not to trust the handshake
Trust in corporates is imperative. The global economy relies on it. Yet, large corporations are often extremely conservative in how they manage crises.
Don’t let the old man in!
As we get older, although our spirit stays stuck in the mind of a teenager, how do we trust our bodies to do the things that keep us young?
Nothing about us without us
Public engagement builds trust and bridges the historical chasm between the University and the people of Johannesburg.