It’s an interesting tradeoff, but it doesn’t come up much, for me. I think, in most relevant domains, people aren’t actually good at hiding their problems. Humans seem too complex, too expressive, too transparent. We were not adapted to effectively wielding privacy. We cannot fake important skills or insights that we do not have: We don’t know what we don’t know, we don’t know the tells.
In order to present a convincing picture of a human being, clear enough for anyone to trust you with anything, the only way most people can do that is by telling the truth.
It’s an interesting tradeoff, but it doesn’t come up much, for me. I think, in most relevant domains, people aren’t actually good at hiding their problems. Humans seem too complex, too expressive, too transparent. We were not adapted to effectively wielding privacy. We cannot fake important skills or insights that we do not have: We don’t know what we don’t know, we don’t know the tells.
In order to present a convincing picture of a human being, clear enough for anyone to trust you with anything, the only way most people can do that is by telling the truth.