The world of The Invention of Lying is simpler, clearer, easier to navigate than our world.
If you only remove lying, you end up with a world that contains a lot more of the negative consequences socially sanctioned lying is intended to avoid—hurt feelings and so on.
If you only remove lying, you end up with a world that contains a lot more of the negative consequences socially sanctioned lying is intended to avoid—hurt feelings and so on.