This is a general concept I’ve seen come up a few times and wanted to put down. It applies any time you are trying to decide on rules around lying. The trilemma is between:
Imperfect glomarizing: As an absolute, you have to pick this one if you are dealing with normal humans who want to have normal conversations. But the better people are at glomarizing, the more you can have Honesty and Privacy
Honesty: no intentional deception as a rule
Privacy: the ability for people to have private information in practice
Privacy, Honesty, Imperfect Glomarizing: Pick two
This is a general concept I’ve seen come up a few times and wanted to put down. It applies any time you are trying to decide on rules around lying. The trilemma is between:
Imperfect glomarizing: As an absolute, you have to pick this one if you are dealing with normal humans who want to have normal conversations. But the better people are at glomarizing, the more you can have Honesty and Privacy
Honesty: no intentional deception as a rule
Privacy: the ability for people to have private information in practice