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08/31/2007: "Sociability masks our desire to lie to ourselves"

When was the last time you said something but meant another, or embellished the truth just a bit? Even the most honest and straightforward of us do it from time to time.

I suspect that most of the time we're trying to save ourselves from something unpleasant by telling ourselves it's for the other person's good.

Call them euphemisms, embellishments, little white lies, spinning the truth, exaggerations, whatever you like. They're common in the workplace and everybody's guilty. You can either admit it or not, but if you say "not me," we all know you're lying.

[ No need for a conspiracy. Between money, social factors, and political factors, we're not paying attention to reality at all, as a society, and the results are glaring. ]

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