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MrBeauxjangles
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This is book is great if:

1. You want to learn about Strategic Manipulation. The book actually teaches about concealing intentions, manipulating others, and exploiting weaknesses in other for selfish purposes.
2. You want to use people for selfish gain.
3. Desire to become an effective narcissist.

Basically, it celebrates taking advantage of others for completely selfish reasons and treats morality as naivety. Sure, the author celebrates Machiavelli's The Prince as a pragmatic way to navigate life.

Basically, you can either control and coerce people - actually a form of weakness. Or, you can persuade people by growing your influence through character, hard work, and maturity. That latter takes time and effort many aren't interested in. Power through manipulation is the short cut that will give short term gains, but long term misery and loss.

This book is terrible if you want to have a meaningful, happy life. The choice is yours, choose wisely (or down vote if not).
gamingdroid
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It's also good knowledge to spot others doing it to you. The book also mentions this and cautions about doing it.
BrainDoc
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If I don't like a book, I'll mostly be quiet about it. This and other Greene ones are the rare exceptions. This is not a good book. Now, I understand that he cautions against some of the "laws", but that's strategic rather than ethical. The author doesn't warn against the laws because they are mean or anti-social; he warns against misapplying them because doing so will make you lose.

Now, if you want to understand how some people who are narcissistic and/or who have anti-social personality disorder might sometimes view the world, it could be worth reading. Maybe check it out of a library than directly supporting the book this way. However, the book is still widely problematic.

Some main issues with the book are that it is fundamentally manipulative, deeply anti-social, and historically and psychologically inaccurate. A few notes about the inaccuracies. The author relies heavily on historical anecdotes to "prove" his laws. The problem is he cherry picks history to support his claims. Related to this is the huge issue of survivorship bias in the people and examples he refers to. Some people were successful using the tactics he describes, but millions to billions of people have not been (they are lost in the amnesia of history).
Another issue is that he transplants "lessons" from the past to today. That can be a great thing to do -- that's one of the main reasons to study history -- but Greene isn't contextualizing the past to the present. He assumes that what work for some people in some cases should apply now. The world is much different now than it was for many of the examples he covers. In today's corporate, legal, and social environments, the extreme ruthlessness that he describes and promotes usually leads to getting fired, canceled, or legally prosecuted. Yes, there are exceptions to that, but I don't think society thrives when people act like Greene is promoting.
There is benefit to using this book to learn about how some people think and act, but Greene writes this book to teach people how to manipulate others. It's not a cautionary tale from him, it's his idea of a self-help book.

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Same price on Google play as well
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There's an excellent If Books Could Kill episode criticizing this book that's worth a listen if you're interested in these ideas
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Quote from BraveStep398 :
There's an excellent If Books Could Kill episode criticizing this book that's worth a listen if you're interested in these ideas
Nov 2, 2023 = episode date, for anyone looking for that specific episode
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This is book is great if:

1. You want to learn about Strategic Manipulation. The book actually teaches about concealing intentions, manipulating others, and exploiting weaknesses in other for selfish purposes.
2. You want to use people for selfish gain.
3. Desire to become an effective narcissist.

Basically, it celebrates taking advantage of others for completely selfish reasons and treats morality as naivety. Sure, the author celebrates Machiavelli's The Prince as a pragmatic way to navigate life.

Basically, you can either control and coerce people - actually a form of weakness. Or, you can persuade people by growing your influence through character, hard work, and maturity. That latter takes time and effort many aren't interested in. Power through manipulation is the short cut that will give short term gains, but long term misery and loss.

This book is terrible if you want to have a meaningful, happy life. The choice is yours, choose wisely (or down vote if not).
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Quote from MrBeauxjangles :
This is book is great if:

1. You want to learn about Strategic Manipulation. The book actually teaches about concealing intentions, manipulating others, and exploiting weaknesses in other for selfish purposes.
2. You want to use people for selfish gain.
3. Desire to become an effective narcissist.

Basically, it celebrates taking advantage of others for completely selfish reasons and treats morality as naivety. Sure, the author celebrates Machiavelli's The Prince as a pragmatic way to navigate life.

Basically, you can either control and coerce people - actually a form of weakness. Or, you can persuade people by growing your influence through character, hard work, and maturity. That latter takes time and effort many aren't interested in. Power through manipulation is the short cut that will give short term gains, but long term misery and loss.

This book is terrible if you want to have a meaningful, happy life. The choice is yours, choose wisely (or down vote if not).
It's also good knowledge to spot others doing it to you. The book also mentions this and cautions about doing it.
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MrBeauxjanglesMar 12, 2026 06:22 PM
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Quote from gamingdroid :
It's also good knowledge to spot others doing it to you. The book also mentions this and cautions about doing it.
Good point!
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Interesting read, even if you don't agree with the laws... they make sense. And even better at $1.99!

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Interesting read, even if you don't agree with the laws... they make sense. And even better at $1.99!
If you follow the books morality, you should probably "steal" it! 😁🤪🤣
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Great deal on a great book
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wwjrdMar 13, 2026 12:23 AM
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This or wait for 49+ Laws of power?
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OliveSweater1134Mar 13, 2026 02:48 AM
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This or wait for 49+ Laws of power?
It's been done. Same author and rapper 50 cent collaboration. "The 50th law"
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justyeMar 13, 2026 04:08 AM
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I've been tempted to read this, but the few times I tried, Robert Greene comes off as a pop psychology charlatan. Based on what others have said, I do think that learning how to manipulate some people, like for office politics reason can come in handy. Not sure I'd want to be that guy. But hey, if anyone has worked at mediocre American corporations, you know the mediocre, but shameless jabronis get to the upper management/director level positions in spite of their skills and abilities.
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If I don't like a book, I'll mostly be quiet about it. This and other Greene ones are the rare exceptions. This is not a good book. Now, I understand that he cautions against some of the "laws", but that's strategic rather than ethical. The author doesn't warn against the laws because they are mean or anti-social; he warns against misapplying them because doing so will make you lose.

Now, if you want to understand how some people who are narcissistic and/or who have anti-social personality disorder might sometimes view the world, it could be worth reading. Maybe check it out of a library than directly supporting the book this way. However, the book is still widely problematic.

Some main issues with the book are that it is fundamentally manipulative, deeply anti-social, and historically and psychologically inaccurate. A few notes about the inaccuracies. The author relies heavily on historical anecdotes to "prove" his laws. The problem is he cherry picks history to support his claims. Related to this is the huge issue of survivorship bias in the people and examples he refers to. Some people were successful using the tactics he describes, but millions to billions of people have not been (they are lost in the amnesia of history).
Another issue is that he transplants "lessons" from the past to today. That can be a great thing to do -- that's one of the main reasons to study history -- but Greene isn't contextualizing the past to the present. He assumes that what work for some people in some cases should apply now. The world is much different now than it was for many of the examples he covers. In today's corporate, legal, and social environments, the extreme ruthlessness that he describes and promotes usually leads to getting fired, canceled, or legally prosecuted. Yes, there are exceptions to that, but I don't think society thrives when people act like Greene is promoting.
There is benefit to using this book to learn about how some people think and act, but Greene writes this book to teach people how to manipulate others. It's not a cautionary tale from him, it's his idea of a self-help book.
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If you follow the books morality, you should probably "steal" it! 😁🤪🤣
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