Hours a Year — Believe It Straight, That’s Over a Quarter of a Million Lost

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:50:59 +0000

Hours a Year — Believe It Straight: That’s Over a Quarter of a Million Lost In a world where time is our most valuable resource, the silent cost of dishonesty, misinformation, and broken trust adds up to a staggering number — over a quarter of a million hours lost each year. That’s more than 340,000 hours — or nearly 14,000 full workdays — erased not just in productivity, but in opportunity, innovation, and human connection. ### The Hidden Toll of Misplaced Trust Every false statement, misleading headline, or repeated lie consumes precious hours that could have been spent learning, creating, connecting, or growing. Whether in business, education, politics, or personal relationships, honesty fuels progress — and its opposite steals time that’s never regained.