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Jun 29, 2025 24 min

Lying as the Path to Truth

from starkly Hosted by Ni'coel Stark

Ni'coel upend's the Puritan reflex to equate lying with moral failure and discover why deception is a generative ingredient, not a contaminant, in Human Decision Intelligence (HDI). The episode traces a lineage of philosophers, comedians, lawyers, and even children who prove that you cannot grasp truth without first grappling with what makes a falsehood believable. In Human Decision Intelligence terms, every decision is only as strong as the assumptions it smuggles in; lies expose those hidden joints so the architecture can be reinforced rather than quietly corrode. 🔸Explore the global learning hub: humandecisionintelligence.com 🔸Cohost: Chelsea Makena’s work spans leadership development, enablement, engagement, and performance. She partners with founders and tech executives to build humane, high-performance systems. As one of CHDI’s earliest collaborators, she brings a grounded people lens that elevates our conversations on human systems.

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