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> But if everyone's secrets are unveiled, everyone benefit's.

I may be misinterpreting you, but I don't believe this is true. It only works if you find out other's have a similar or compatible secret.

If everyone found out you pick your nose and eat it, but no one else does it, how does that benefit the nose picker?

If bob finds out his boss hates him, and his boss finds out that he has racist tendencies, how does that benefit bob?

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If no one else picks its nose that means that nosepicking is not within the norms. Depending on what everyone else thinks about it might even be unacceptable. With that knowledge he can decide how to behave without bothering others.

In the second case openness might be the first step to a better relationship between both.

If it bothers others that Bob picks his nose when he's alone, maybe they should stop digging around in his personal business. Or does every moment of our actions & thoughts, no matter how small, need to be put before a public jury now?

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