Esquire has an article about Radical Honesty, a movement founded by psychotherapist Brad Blanton.
He says everybody would be happier if we just stopped lying. Tell the truth, all the time. This would be radical enough — a world without fibs — but Blanton goes further. He says we should toss out the filters between our brains and our mouths. If you think it, say it. Confess to your boss your secret plans to start your own company. If you’re having fantasies about your wife’s sister, Blanton says to tell your wife and tell her sister. It’s the only path to authentic relationships. It’s the only way to smash through modernity’s soul-deadening alienation. Oversharing? No such thing.
Is it possible to have too much honesty?
Tagged: Brad Blanton, honesty, lying, philosophy, Radical Honesty
September 4th, 2007 at 19:52 -0600
That is possibly the worst idea I’ve ever heard. Even if everyone did it, it would still be a terrible idea. But being one of a handful of people practicing that philosophy would leave you a very lonely person very quickly.
September 4th, 2007 at 20:12 -0600
It sounds like maybe you think that you wouldn’t like me if I said what I actually think about you?