The True Meaning of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”
Francis Barlow’s illustration of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.” Public Domain. “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” is traditionally told as a story where the moral is “Don’t lie because people won’t believe you when it matters.” And while that’s not a bad lesson, it’s not very profound. A more useful moral to learn from the story is “All signals should be meaningful.” The boy cries wolf when there isn’t a… Read More »The True Meaning of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”