According to the 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer study, the tech industry has become the single most trusted institution in America, holding steady at 75% for five years now. Overall US companies are at 50% public trust which is down 5% from last year.
There has been a surge in attacks on Silicon Valley, Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon but Technology companies are the most trusted. They are trusted more than government and media and companies in other sectors.
Brian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers many disruptive technology and trends including Space, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Anti-aging Biotechnology, and Nanotechnology.
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