This season focuses on the willful delusion of the wealthy — and how easily preyed upon people who evade reality can be.
Tag: Lying
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Can This Man Stop Lying?
Christopher Massimine, whose compulsive lying derailed a promising career in theater, maintains that it’s a mental illness that has dogged him since childhood.
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The Inside Joke That Became Trump’s Big Lie
The lie that Trump won the 2020 election has grown so powerful because it is yoked to an older deception: the idea that American politics is a joke.
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Should I Have Lied to Help My Kid Brother Get Vaccinated?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on what we gain from making hard choices.