Executive summary: Deep honesty, which involves explaining what you actually believe rather than trying to persuade others, can lead to better outcomes and deeper trust compared to shallow honesty, despite potential risks.
Key points:
Shallow honesty means not saying false things, while deep honesty means explaining your true beliefs without trying to manage the other party’s reactions.
Deep honesty equips others to make best use of their private information along with yours, strengthening relationships, though it carries risks if not well-received.
Deep honesty is situational, does not mean sharing everything, and is compatible with kindness and consequentialism.
Challenging cases for deep honesty include large inferential gaps, uncooperative audiences, and multiple audiences.
Practicing deep honesty involves asking yourself “did it feel honest to say that?” and focusing on what is kind, true and useful.
Experimenting with deep honesty in select situations, rather than switching to it completely, is recommended to see its effects.
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Executive summary: Deep honesty, which involves explaining what you actually believe rather than trying to persuade others, can lead to better outcomes and deeper trust compared to shallow honesty, despite potential risks.
Key points:
Shallow honesty means not saying false things, while deep honesty means explaining your true beliefs without trying to manage the other party’s reactions.
Deep honesty equips others to make best use of their private information along with yours, strengthening relationships, though it carries risks if not well-received.
Deep honesty is situational, does not mean sharing everything, and is compatible with kindness and consequentialism.
Challenging cases for deep honesty include large inferential gaps, uncooperative audiences, and multiple audiences.
Practicing deep honesty involves asking yourself “did it feel honest to say that?” and focusing on what is kind, true and useful.
Experimenting with deep honesty in select situations, rather than switching to it completely, is recommended to see its effects.
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