Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️

One of the reasons it's always a pleasure for me to listen to/watch Sam talk, knowing him personally, is that he is absolutely 100% the same person whether he's talking to the camera or a friend. One of the most sincere, honest and thoughtful people I have ever met

I remember seeing your review of Lying, likely from before you knew him personally. I think you liked the book but didn’t like something about the way he came across. It would be interesting to diagnose what that was and could provide Sam with some well-intentioned feedback.

It's been a while and I don't remember what my criticisms were at the time (or much of the book), but I definitely still believe that most people prefer to dispense and receive small personal lies, and that "radical honesty" *can* be a license to defect socially to one's benefit

Sam is a highly ethical and extremely self-aware person who doesn't selectively utilize honesty (knowingly or unknowingly) to manipulate or punish people, but I don't think he's wired quite the same way as most folks

I think it was from your goodreads but you seem to have taken it down or I’m mixing you up with someone else. I’m a fan and take his honesty commitment at his word (especially with co-signing from people like you) but he certainly seems to rub a lot of people up the wrong way.