Building trust means thinking about trust in a positive way.

True, trust necessarily carries with it uncertainties, but we must force ourselves to think about these uncertainties as possibilities and opportunities, not as liabilities.

Some countries that are close to Europe that already hold Deutschemarks, clearly would automatically hold euros, those are countries in Eastern Europe mainly, a few countries in Africa.

Familiarity can no longer be a necessary condition for trust.

Trust opens up new and unimagined possibilities.

Trust is almost always conditional, focused, qualified, and therefore limited.

We also confuse trust with familiarity.