"Decoding how we behave, Aja Raden's [book] illuminates situations where we are better off lying--to ourselves and at times to others--and why it can be a healthy psychological mechanism. Fibbing, prevaricating, stretching the truth, white lies, of omission, of commission. Lying is so pervasive that we have countless words for it. But have you ever considered why you believed a lie you were told? ... Focusing on the many kinds of lies we see--the lies we tell each other, the lies we tell ourselves, and the lies we all agree to believe--Raden explores everything from swindles to cons to the long game to the big lie"--Publisher marketing.
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