Honesty has gone missing...

Honesty is fading.

Looking back on my career I can see honesty literally fade throughout the workplace [see photo]. I recall many instances when I made outrageous statements that were held to be untenable because [although true] my utterance was not in accord with the workplace narrative. For instance, I told a group of high ego people who were at the "tippy top" of their careers that "they should get hardship pay" for working in Brussels. I went on to say that the work they do produces nothing of substance and so they serve no purpose other than to swan around and talk to each other about their change agenda.

Today I see that sex has become the substitute for intimacy. Why is this so? Sex is easy to sell with porn videos, on virtual dating sites, etc thus it has become the "go to" substitute for intimacy [and dare I say love]. The same is true for modern versions of "news" which have become an "honesty-free-zone". Recently, Joe Rogan, accused a medical reporter on a media channel of lying about the medication he took to fight the covid-19 virus. The news outlet accused Joe of taking a horse medication... ha, ha, ha... Sure the drug, in one specific application, has been used on horses but the truth is this form of the drug [as administered to Joe Rogan] is for human consumption not for animals. Is this honest reporting about Mr Rogan and his use of a drug [under medical supervision] to ensure his health?

In the contemporary workplace honesty will continue to disappear [perhaps as intimacy has in many couples' love life] because face-to-face interaction is being replaced by technology to technology hook-ups. Get on a zoom call and you become an avatar not a person - you are an image not a three-dimensional presence. Watch a podcast and we will see avatars talking to each other or one almost stationary head staring into a camera [not into your eyes] to make this or that point. In this virtual world I sense that honesty is dis-intermediated as the narrative is geared to registering "likes" rather than promoting open-and-honest discourse. And, perhaps, this is why I tend to live my life as if I am trapped in a parody.

Honesty is fading from our lives.

However... if honesty is important to you then can I suggest you work for an entity where face-to-face delivery of content is a significant aspect of support for your productive efforts.

Richard.