信任在分享经济时代的意义_BEC初级作文

信任在分享经济时代的意义

私人属性的信任从来不是公平分配的。当哈佛商学院(Harvard Business School)研究员本杰明•埃德尔曼( Benjamin Edelman)、迈克尔•卢卡(Michael Luca)和丹•斯维尔斯基(Dan Svirsky)在Airbnb上做田野实验时，他们发现房东和房客都歧视少数族群。其他研究人员已找到证据证明许多地方都存在歧视——从Craigslist到carpools。新的网络工具让我们能像招待自己的邻居那样招待远方的陌生人，而我们确实做到了——有好处也有坏处。

Trust is as unfairly granted in Bavaria as anywhere else. While browsing for shades in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, I warned my young son not to play with the merchandise: a sign forbade children to touch the sunglasses.

在巴伐利亚，信任的分配像在其他任何地方一样不公平。在加尔米施-帕滕基兴(Garmisch-Partenkirchen)逛墨镜店时，我警告小儿子不要去玩货架上的商品，店里有个标志写着禁止儿童触碰太阳镜。

The shopkeeper bustled over and reassured me that the rule did not apply to my son. “It’s for the Arab kids,” she told me, beaming. “They just drop the sunglasses on the floor.”

店主匆匆过来告诉我不用担心，说这条规定并不适用于我儿子。她笑容满面地对我说：“这是针对阿拉伯小孩的。他们总是把太阳镜丢到地上。”

Ah. My son is adorably blond but he is as capable of snapping a pair of designer sunglasses as any other four-year-old. Trust is sometimes given to people who do not deserve it. And it is often withheld from people who do.