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Unpacking ‘The Secret Life of Secrets’
Belief in secrets is an effective truth.
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
Secrecy, writes psychologist Michael Slepian in his 2022 book, The Secret Lives of Secrets, is not an act, but an intention — “I intend,” he writes, “for people not to learn this thing.” “To intend to keep a secret,” he continues, “you need to have a mind capable of reasoning with other minds.” Thus, psychologists believe we start to develop a conc... See more
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WHAT TO DO WITH SECRETS
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
PLEASE DON’T TELL? WELL, OKAY. MAYBE JUST ONE PERSON . . .
Jonah Berger • Contagious: Why Things Catch On
Keeping secrets is usually about power, about hiding and concealing information. Hence, many recovery programs stress that “you are only as sick as your secrets.”
bell hooks • All About Love: New Visions (Love Song to the Nation Book 1)
While privacy strengthens all our bonds, secrecy weakens and damages connection. Lerner points out that we do not usually “know the emotional costs of keeping a secret” until the truth is disclosed. Usually, secrecy involves lying. And lying is always the setting for potential betrayal and violation of trust.