A.J. Jacobs: Brad Blanton, a sixty-six-year-old Virginia-based psychotherapist, says everybody would be happier if we just stopped lying. Tell the truth, all the time. Oversharing? No such thing. I have a theory: I think Blanton devised Radical Honesty partly as a way to pick up women. It's a brilliant strategy. The antithesis of mind games.
Janelane, on Dmitri the stud: At least he had the courtesy to tell her he was good in bed so she knew what she was missing out on!
"Leonard Nimoy": It's all lies. But they're entertaining lies. And in the end, isn't that the real truth? The answer ... is No.
Paul Graham: I'm not saying we should stop, but I think we should at least examine which lies we tell and why.
Jacobs: If you're going to be a schmuck, at least you should find some redeeming quality in it. One of the best parts of Radical Honesty is that I'm saving a whole lot of time.
Penelope Trunk: Stop talking about time like you need to save it. You just need to use it better.
Stewart Brand: In some cultures you're supposed to be responsible out to the seventh generation -- that's about 200 years. But it goes right against self-interest.
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