Integrity is non‑negotiable at the highest stakes tables of the world.
Contact with truth is the only way to affect change of any kind.
If you lie to someone else, your brain gets tricked into believing it and believing that lying is okay.
Nature incentivises staying truthful by imposing a tax on memory when lying – only mediocre people have the mindspace to lie.
Ruthlessness is only possible with conviction, and that conviction can only be developed with a great grip on truth.
Truth is expensive and a luxury of people who can be truth‑seeking over fear of being wrong and being perceived badly.
Most truth‑seeking people are ignored and then hated – the cost you have to pay for knowing and speaking truth.