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Radical Honesty – What If We All Told The Truth?

Video essay on the ubiquity of lying, both in the stories we tell as well as in real life, and why perhaps we should try being a little more honest.

Sources: Brad Blanton – Radical Honesty: How to Transform Your Life By Telling the Truth: https://amzn.to/308QwKL 

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