“Trust is like the air we breathe—when it’s present, nobody really notices; when it’s absent, everybody notices,” Warren Buffett once famously said. Today, much like air being sucked out of the room, trust in America’s institutions continues to erode at an alarming rate.
In 1972, a survey found that CBS TV Network news anchor Walter Cronkite was the “most trusted man in America.” Today, such trusted voices are rare. A pervasive sense of agita has taken over. This widespread collapse in trust feeds a vicious cycle of disillusionment, leaving many citizens feeling rattled, powerless, and disheartened.
