The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves by Dan Ariely

BATB score: 9/10 ⭐️

Reader disclaimer: BATB loves Dan Ariely #fangirl love his writing style, his quirky experiments, and his natural curiosity to the oddest things; so would a picture of flowers 🌸 or of eyeballs 👀 make you more honest? Like what?

Best to: so how do we cheat without feeling too bad about cheating when not cheating at all is just stupid

Best as: so the extent of cheating increases when you believe you are Robin Hood “we cheat because we are good people who care about the welfare of those around us”

Best for: when you are surrounded by cheaters, you will cheat too; okay, so how do I cheat more?

Best quotes: “Morality, like art, means drawing a line somewhere. The question is: where is the line?”

“Creativity can help us tell better stories - stories that allow us to be even more dishonest but still think of ourselves as wonderfully honest people.”

“When we do something questionable, the act of inviting our friends to join in can help us justify our own questionable behavior.”

“As long as we see other members of our own social groups behaving in ways that are outside the acceptable range, it’s likely that we too will recalibrate our internal moral compass and adopt their behavior as a model for our own.”