The Concise Laws of Human Nature

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Do not imagine that the more extreme types of irrationality have somehow been overcome through progress and enlightenment. This book is written by a man who lives in a hostile world where every day is a power struggle with other divisive beings like yourself.

The Concise Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene - Waterstones

And for a moment it shakes us out of our smugness and releases us from the deathlike grip of habit and banality. Most of all however, this book aims to teach you how to take advantage of these tendencies and use them to influence others to get what you want. We like to believe that we’re independent and progressive, but we can’t help conforming with our groups.

They had the number of visitors right (22thousand/year if I remember right), but they have them for only one day - this was enough to ride every rollercoaster, and people had no reason to stay in hotels they build.

The Concise Laws of Human Nature - Profile Books

Even if many of the tendencies exist, the author makes the reader believe that just by reading this one book they can go off interpreting peoples facial micro-expressions, tone of voice, behaviour etc.A studio could churn these relatively inexpensive films out in volume, and even if they were only moderate hits, they would ensure a steady flow of income. Nobody likes to believe that they are operating under some kind of compulsion beyond their conscious control (FREE WILL IS AN ILLUSION).