given magic power read other’s thoughts, suppose first effect friendsh — Bertrand Russell, Conquest Happiness

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If we were all given by magic the power to read each other’s thoughts, I suppose the first effect would be almost all friendships would be dissolved; the second effect, however, might be excellent, for a world without any friends would be felt to be intolerable, and we should learn to like each other without needing a veil of illusion to conceal from ourselves that we did not think each other absolutely perfect.

Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness

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