Don't Tell the Truth - It's Okay to Lies

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LZ Granderson: We have such a social value on integrity and honesty in that sense. And yet the little white lies are everywhere, he says. For much of human history, once we understood when people were probably going to die, the answer was you don't tell them. LZ: I think whether it'll lie or not, it's kind of complicated. It is often so in your self-interest to lie.

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