Page 132 - TruthAboutLyingFinal

The Truth About Lying
Aimee Quinn was alive. New Atlantic had been exposed. Corrupt officials had fallen. Fraud had become harder. Abuse had less room to hide.
All true.
None sufficient.
“What’s the alternative?” he asked. “Force everyone into transparency? That would be worse.”
“The alternative is admitting that some problems can’t be solved by exposure.”
Henry said nothing.
“Privacy is not the enemy of truth,” Maya said. “Sometimes it is the shelter truth needs until it is safe enough to be spoken.”
Maya looked at the Level One column.
“Forty million people are telling you the same thing, Mr. Talbot.”
“What?”
“That your system is too expensive to survive.”
She left him standing in front of the display.
The numbers continued updating in real time.
Forty million people outside the truth economy.
Forty million people choosing invisibility because visibility cost too much.
His phone buzzed. White text on black.
132