May 2012
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Power Politics in the real world.
From author of “48 Laws of Power” Robert Greene’s commencement speech at Yale:
When you enter the real world, you are suddenly blindsided by this whole realm that exists. It is like our dirty little secret. People will talk about their sex lives. You’ll get Dr. Ruth here, we’ll go through all of that. But nobody talks about all of these power games that are constantly going on...
“Behind laconic wit lies one of two things: compensatory horseshit or profound...”
– The False Bravado of Philosophy, Ryan Holiday 