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Bethany McLean - Enron, FTX, 2008, Musk, Frauds, & Visionaries

Dwarkesh Podcast

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Is There a Capacity to Be Deceptive?

I think we all have the capacity to be deceptive. I think it's part of human nature. Some people are more inclined toward truth-telling and transparency than other people. Maybe just by nature, maybe by nurture and what's been rewarded in your career and your life, inclines you to either be open and honest or to try to hide things. But I think we are all capable of a fundamental level of deception. We're all capable of that kind of rationalization that what we're doing is really in the long term interest of somebody else. Even if it's even if it's not killing the truth.

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