Fair enough. But I don't trust. Can I know?

If I cannot know, I will not trust. To trust would weaken me, and empower those who hide information to hide even more. This is where we are.

I do live in a zero trust world. I trust government and corporations least of all. Individuals I have much more time for.

Although zero trust was disconcerting at first, I also find it liberating. I know that there is lots I do not know. I'm not pretending to myself - holding beliefs as if they were knowledge, because of misplaced trust.