…hat telling the truth is the best and most aspirational goal in the vast majority of circumstances, I think we can really go off the rails with the whole “radical honesty” movement, and that can often be just as damaging as lies. The idea that you have to tell everyone, every truthful detail of what you are feeling or thinking is nothing more than a self indulgent, passive aggressive way of exercising power and / or showing anger by people who are unable to deal with the discomfort of a direct approach. Keeping your co-workers appraised of your every shifting mood, and the reason for it when they ask h…