tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620829963842569724.post858467518857476383..comments2020-01-16T06:11:35.308-06:00Comments on I'll never stop talking about personal finance: honesty and transparencydinarikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11318616380006983183noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620829963842569724.post-85073224383813655862015-02-14T13:18:32.564-06:002015-02-14T13:18:32.564-06:00What you say is definitely true. I don't thin...What you say is definitely true. I don't think I believe it's a straight equivalence, but I do think that to a certain extent you can't be honest without being transparent. If someone spends lots of money on things they can't afford (instead adding it to their CC balance), you could argue that there is nothing dishonest about that (especially if you make no claims about what you can afford)- but it's certainly not transparent to allow everyone to believe you are buying things you can afford, and in that way it seems dishonest to me.<br /><br />I would argue that we are not anywhere close to being 100% honest - there is a lot we don't say because it would be unproductive or hurtful. And I don't argue that we should change that. But that certainly gets into gray areas or lies by omission, etc.dinarikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11318616380006983183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620829963842569724.post-30553975414270724792015-02-14T12:14:08.174-06:002015-02-14T12:14:08.174-06:00I like the thought that "transparency is hone...I like the thought that "transparency is honesty", but I think it's a dangerous equivalence. Honesty, in the never-tell-a-lie sense is, to me, absolute. What I say is finite and as near to 100% of that as is within my ability is honest. 80% honesty would not be honesty.<br />Transparency, on the other hand, is open ended. You could always share more. You can never be 100% open and transparent (nor would you want to be), only more or less transparent than someone else, and you wouldn't want to therefore think yourself or the other person dishonest.Yuriyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270080801050939358noreply@blogger.com