RSA Animate: Dan Airely - The Truth About Dishonesty

A new RSA Animate, this one built on Dan Airely's RSA talk on "the truth about dishonesty."

RSA Animate: Dan Airely - The Truth About Dishonesty

Are you more honest than a banker? Under what circumstances would you lie, or cheat, and what effect does your deception have on society at large? Dan Ariely, one of the world's leading voices on human motivation and behaviour is the latest big thinker to get the RSA Animate treatment.

Taken from a lecture given at the RSA in July 2012 . Watch the longer talk here.

Interesting interview from NPR's The Diane Rehm Show - Diane visits with Dan Ariely about his new book, The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie To Everyone - Especially Ourselves.

Dan Ariely: "The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie To Everyone - Especially Ourselves"

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Bernard L. Madoff, the accused mastermind of a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, leaves Federal Court in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009.

Dan Ariely: The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie To Everyone - Especially Ourselves

A best-selling author and expert on irrationality investigates why we cheat and lie, and identifies what keeps us honest.

Most of us think of ourselves as honest, but psychology professor Dan Ariely says in fact, we all lie and cheat. In a new book, he challenges preconceptions about dishonesty, from seemingly small white lies to avoid hurting someone’s feelings to massive financial fraud like Bernie Madoff’s ponzi scheme. He explores how unethical behavior in the personal, professional and political worlds affects all of us. He joins Diane to explain how dishonesty can be a slippery slope, what keeps us honest and how to achieve higher ethics in our everyday lives.

Guests 

Dan Ariely

professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University, founder and director of the Center for Advanced Hindsight and author of "Predictably Irrational" and "The Upside of Irrationality."

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Dan Ariely Website

Excerpt: "The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone---Especially Ourselves"