Dark Matter | Hazlitt
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Dark Matter | Hazlitt
Belief in secrets is an effective truth.
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
There are three primary dimensions by which people think about their secrets. One is what we call “social connectedness” — secrets that involve other people. Another dimension is how moral the secret is. A third is how it’s related to our goals, which often means our profession. Each dimension has a unique harm.
Elisabeth Egan • Unpacking ‘The Secret Life of Secrets’
Secrets affect you more than you’d think. You lie to keep them hidden. You steer talk away from them. You worry someone’ll discover yours and tell the world. You think you are in charge of the secret, but isn’t it the secret who’s actually using you? S’pose lunatics mold their doctors more than doctors mold their lunatics?
David Mitchell • Black Swan Green
And just as we’ve seen others hide something from us, we have felt the surge of fear and adrenaline when we scramble to hide what others aren’t meant to see. These are the toxic effects of secrecy.
Derek DelGaudio • AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies
Thiel defines “secrets about people” as “things that people don’t know about themselves or things they hide because they don’t want others to know.” These kinds of businesses, in other words, are built on people’s lies.