An article on "Radical Honesty"

[conuly]

Which is pretty much exactly what it says it is.

I have to say, I do take some of this to heart. I mean, I just found out I could read Understood Betsy online (and I loved that book as a kid, so of course I immediately did so). In the beginning of the book, we find out that the girl's house employs a maid out of charity - she's so depressed and asthmatic that it'd be difficult for her to get a job elsewhere. But when the entire house is disrupted and scattered to the four winds, it comes out that her brother wanted her to come help him at his store for years, and she only stayed on because she thought they couldn't do without her!

And if they'd been honest from the beginning, everybody would have been happier sooner.

And an editorial on renewable energy, as a lagniappe.

Take one on bees, too. Yes, I'm still interested in the bees.

Comments

Re: Radical Honesty

[packbat.livejournal.com]

Just because secrets and lies cause a lot of problems (actually, Sheri S. Tepper deals with that theme a lot in her books too) doesn't mean that they should be done away with. Blanton's style of honesty seems less about avoiding those problems than being lazy/greedy in one's interactions (cf. the bit about the in-laws).

Re: Radical Honesty

[packbat.livejournal.com]

Just because secrets and lies cause a lot of problems (actually, Sheri S. Tepper deals with that theme a lot in her books too) doesn't mean that they should be done away with. Blanton's style of honesty seems less about avoiding those problems than being lazy/greedy in one's interactions (cf. the bit about the in-laws).