It’s hard to even imagine a world without trust. As Thomas Friedman contends in The World Is Flat, trust is essential to a flat or open society. And the principal aim of terrorists is to destroy that trust. It’s to make us fearful of doing the things we do every day. While a flat, open global economy thrives on behaviors such as talking straight, creating transparency, righting wrongs, practicing accountability, keeping commitments, and extending trust, a closed, terroristic society thrives on counterfeits and opposites—on deception, hidden agendas, justifying wrongs, disregarding commitments,
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