As the articles in interactions continue to focus on experiences, people, and technology, we are beginning to find these three core concepts appearing in unexpected places and with increased resonance. While the world copes with unprecedented changes and challenges, it's easy to slip into a sense of fear and distrust. We all look to traditional sources of leadership and energy, such as government, faith, and self, yet we encounter new and difficult changes that make us uneasy. The idea of trust is central both to social technologies and to experiences that require or encourage collaboration. And while trust is fragile and difficult to gain, a relationship characterized by respect and trust can forge powerful advances...

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Your identity consists not of the impersonal strings of numbers assigned to your name by business and government, but of the combination of attributes that fundamentally make you, you. It is a kind of quicksilver that can be hard to grasp but ultimately is crucial to how you relate to others and how they relate to you. It is the sum of our personal histories, personalities, relationships, beliefs, biology, the patterns of our lives and activities, our habits, and more. It is our interface to the world and the internal code that drives us.

This cover story by Hunter Whitney explores the nature of identity theft, the cultural impact of this problem, and offers some new ways of thinking about trust.

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