Truth vs. lies

Sam Harris’s major, and dubious, assumption, is that complete honesty is possible.

The concept of unconscious motives or maladaptive psychological underpinnings that we can know nothing about, or of ‘bad faith’ (a form of self-deceit), are not considered in Harris’s analysis.

Identifying as many risks as possible often leads to not being able to manage it all properly.

• First, identify the risks with the largest potential loss or financial impact. Then collect smaller risks together that can be managed as a group. Smaller risks have minor financial co...

• Consider that any hierarchy creates winners and losers. The winners are more likely to justify the hierarchy and the losers to criticize it.
• Understand that hierarchy is inescapable. The pursuit of goals lends life meaning and the collective pursuit of goals produces hi...