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In the chapter “The Boy in the Shower,” Malcolm Gladwell illustrates a fundamental truth about society. Society cannot function off the idea that there is only duplicity and deceit. That one cannot pass off everything as a lie. Gladwell says that if this were the case, communication would be ineffective.
— Jan 22, 2026 07:45PM
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Ethan Garaycochea
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“We get deceived once in a while. That is just the cost of doing business.”
I learned that humanity is terrible at deciphering duplicity. It benefits people more to assume that the truth is being told, because it’s just effective.
It’s “just the cost of doing business.”
— Jan 21, 2026 10:08PM
I learned that humanity is terrible at deciphering duplicity. It benefits people more to assume that the truth is being told, because it’s just effective.
It’s “just the cost of doing business.”
Ethan Garaycochea
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“Doubts trigger disbelief only when you can’t explain them away.”
— Jan 20, 2026 10:16PM
