Question

4. Why does Hancock believe that our communication online is more honest than we might
expect?

Answer 1

Hancock believes that communication online can be more honest because in the past, before modern technology or even written language, technology makes communications written conversation make you reliable if you can't/or don't delete or unsend the messages. That might make people more honest than ever.

Answer 2

The reason we are more honest online is simpler than we think, says Hancock. In the past, before there was modern technology or even written language, people could lie to each other easily. Once the words were said, they disappeared. ... Technology therefore might make us more honest than ever