Where everyone cries "Wolf"!
The question why human beings, and not any other species, has been a hot topic for debate for a very long time. Fire, the opposable thumb, the large brain and god have all been given credit for man’s advancement, though it is widely agreed that the ability to create and believe in fiction did the trick for him. In a nutshell, every institution or instrument of value today- be it the concept of money or the bank constituted by shareholders and board members that controls its supply, and the structure and culture that defines that organisation, and the country which is the home to the establishment, are all figments of our imagination. They are there because there is a collective imagination at play here wherein all the people in the world believe it is true. And since this collective imagination has become the manual for day to day existence, anyone who can create new fiction or alter the already existing one even slightly can reap benefits for himself. This is the reason why we lie: