Lying

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Recommended by Elon Musk, Vinod Khosla, Brian Armstrong, and 4 others. See all reviews

Ranked #30 in Ethics, Ranked #37 in Business Ethics — see more rankings.

As it was in Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, and Othello, so it is in life. Most forms of private vice and public evil are kindled and sustained by lies. Acts of adultery and other personal betrayals, financial fraud, government corruption—even murder and genocide—generally require an additional moral defect: a willingness to lie. less
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Elon Musk Founder/SpaceXExcellent cover art and lots of good reasons not to lie! (Source)

Vinod Khosla Co-Founder/Sun MicrosystemOne of my favorite one hour reads about intellectual honesty. I wish more people were this honest! (Source)

Brian Armstrong Co-founder & CEO/CoinbaseRecommends this book

A.J. Jacobs A great book. (Source)

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