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Nicholas Boothman
Henry reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out
a single, crumpled piece of paper, the only non-digital
document he had written in weeks. It contained his
"Tiered Truth System" (TTS).
“We tried the Courage over Comfort ideal,” Henry
said. “It failed. The truth is an anti-human ideal. It is
lethal. So we stop fighting it, and we start regulating it.
We don't return to the free-for-all lies of the old world.
We implement The Hypocrite’s Proposal.”
He unfolded the paper, his hands shaking slightly.
“I propose a Tiered Truth System built on
functional, necessary fictions. This isn’t a return to
corruption; it’s a mandated, legally recognized social
contract of omission.”
He began to read the proposals, detailing the
structural lies required for survival:
“Fiction 1: The Optimism Fiction. All public
announcements concerning long-term, unverified
projections (e.g., climate, economic forecasts, political
longevity) shall be required to report the 2% Chance of
Success alongside the actual probability of failure. This
is the minimum necessary illusion required to restore
actionable hope.”
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