Yeah - same. The deeper I went into Bitcoin, the more I valued authenticity, honesty & transparency.
I'd rather people were brutally honest with me than told me what they thought I wanted to hear.
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Better to avoid lies at all costs
Yes - once you start a lie, you have to smooth it over with more lies & then try to remember them all. It takes tremendous effort to maintain a lie.
There's also the problem of judgement being a double edged sword (it cuts both ways). Most people hate liars & consequently deceptive people end up hating themselves.
To add to this further, your external reality is a reflection of your own internal state. People lie because of fear or greed (their own internal traumas). You can tell a lot about someone by how they perceive the world.
Lauren posted about this a couple of days ago.
The last thing I'd add is that I found this stuff out the hard way. I was a bit of an insecure scumbag kid & it all came crumbling down in my late 20s.
Brisket on a biscuit.