
TED Talks
Jeff Hancock: The future of lying
TV-PG
2012 • E112 Sep 1, 2012 15mWho hasn’t sent a text message saying “I’m on my way” when it wasn’t true or fudged the truth a touch in their online dating profile? But Jeff Hancock doesn’t believe that the anonymity of the internet encourages dishonesty. In fact, he says the searchability and permanence of information online may even keep us honest.