Lying
by Sam Harris
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“A great book. | I want to second @rickygervais's singling out of Lying by Sam Harris. That book is a damned useful mirror to hold up to your best self. | One of my favorite one hour reads about intellectual honesty. I wish more people were this honest! | Read "Lying", the new book by my friend Sam Harris. Excellent cover art and lots of good reasons not to lie! | You want a comms strategy that wins in 2021 1. Read this book 2. Be very kind but always completely 100% honest in every conversation. Even when the truth is uncomfortable or confrontational. We forgive all kinds of vice. We do not forgive deceit.”
Source →“A great book. | I want to second @rickygervais's singling out of Lying by Sam Harris. That book is a damned useful mirror to hold up to your best self. | One of my favorite one hour reads about intellectual honesty. I wish more people were this honest! | Read "Lying", the new book by my friend Sam Harris. Excellent cover art and lots of good reasons not to lie! | You want a comms strategy that wins in 2021 1. Read this book 2. Be very kind but always completely 100% honest in every conversation. Even when the truth is uncomfortable or confrontational. We forgive all kinds of vice. We do not forgive deceit.”
Source →“A great book. | I want to second @rickygervais's singling out of Lying by Sam Harris. That book is a damned useful mirror to hold up to your best self. | One of my favorite one hour reads about intellectual honesty. I wish more people were this honest! | Read "Lying", the new book by my friend Sam Harris. Excellent cover art and lots of good reasons not to lie! | You want a comms strategy that wins in 2021 1. Read this book 2. Be very kind but always completely 100% honest in every conversation. Even when the truth is uncomfortable or confrontational. We forgive all kinds of vice. We do not forgive deceit.”
Source →“A great book. | I want to second @rickygervais's singling out of Lying by Sam Harris. That book is a damned useful mirror to hold up to your best self. | One of my favorite one hour reads about intellectual honesty. I wish more people were this honest! | Read "Lying", the new book by my friend Sam Harris. Excellent cover art and lots of good reasons not to lie! | You want a comms strategy that wins in 2021 1. Read this book 2. Be very kind but always completely 100% honest in every conversation. Even when the truth is uncomfortable or confrontational. We forgive all kinds of vice. We do not forgive deceit.”
Source →“A great book. | I want to second @rickygervais's singling out of Lying by Sam Harris. That book is a damned useful mirror to hold up to your best self. | One of my favorite one hour reads about intellectual honesty. I wish more people were this honest! | Read "Lying", the new book by my friend Sam Harris. Excellent cover art and lots of good reasons not to lie! | You want a comms strategy that wins in 2021 1. Read this book 2. Be very kind but always completely 100% honest in every conversation. Even when the truth is uncomfortable or confrontational. We forgive all kinds of vice. We do not forgive deceit.”
Source →“A great book. | I want to second @rickygervais's singling out of Lying by Sam Harris. That book is a damned useful mirror to hold up to your best self. | One of my favorite one hour reads about intellectual honesty. I wish more people were this honest! | Read "Lying", the new book by my friend Sam Harris. Excellent cover art and lots of good reasons not to lie! | You want a comms strategy that wins in 2021 1. Read this book 2. Be very kind but always completely 100% honest in every conversation. Even when the truth is uncomfortable or confrontational. We forgive all kinds of vice. We do not forgive deceit.”
Source →Recommended by 8 notable people, including Tim Ferriss and Nat Eliason
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Recommended by 13 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Elon Musk, Books Recommended by Tim Ferriss, and Most Recommended Books.
As it was in Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, and Othello, so it is in life. Most forms of private vice and public evil are kindled and sustained by lies. Acts of Adult,ery and other personal betrayals, financial fraud, government corruption—even murder and genocide—generally require an additional moral defect: a willingness to lie.In Lying, bestselli...
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“A great book. | I want to second @rickygervais's singling out of Lying by Sam Harris. That book is a damned useful mirror to hold up to your best self. | One of my favorite one hour reads about intellectual honesty. I wish more people were this honest! | Read "Lying", the new book by my friend Sam Harris. Excellent cover art and lots of good reasons not to lie! | You want a comms strategy that wins in 2021 1. Read this book 2. Be very kind but always completely 100% honest in every conversation. Even when the truth is uncomfortable or confrontational. We forgive all kinds of vice. We do not forgive deceit.”
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