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it seems to me if people are using these laws, its pretty hard to compete with them. since good people aren't willing to use these laws, we should still know about them. to guard against and recognize the people using them. ive bought the book, and am going to post these laws. I figure the path to true success is to do the exact opposite. this book wasn't written out of love and a desire to improve the lives of his fellow man. it was written to destroy.

it seems to me if people are using these laws, its pretty hard to compete with them. since good people aren't willing to use these laws, we should still know about them. to guard against and recognize the people using them. ive bought the book, and am going to post these laws. I figure the path to true success is to do the exact opposite. this book wasn't written out of love and a desire to improve the lives of his fellow man. it was written to destroy.

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[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

I would say "take it or leave it" on that one. Instead, look for anything on human biases from people writing about prospect theory (humans are totally fickle creatures). The same author wrote Mastery, and it is very good.

If you really want the full "Machiavellian treatment" consider something like .

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Never heard of "prospect theory" before. Thank you, I'll check it out.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Prospect theory is what nudges people to do things and the study of human biases - essentially marketing research by psychologists. Look for Thinking fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman as well as The Honest Truth About Dishonesty and Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely. You can get short hand presentations of them through PooTube.

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You've been very responsive, thank you. If you had to choose one to read, which one would it be?