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I like him but wouldn't say I'm a fan, and I don't find him very controversial. I'd probably be much more interested in Greene if I'd come across him before people like Peterson, and RSD pickup guys.

I use power more as a value dynamics thing. Powerful people being those who can seem high relative value compared to others

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Nice. Can see

I spent my young adult life chasing a wonderful opportunity. There was a real desperation and longing to achieve it. However, I lacked the consistency and some other skills to achieve it. And I watched that dream completely fall apart, and it really broke my heart. And my life kept falling more and more apart. Then I gradually picked up the skills I lacked before, one by one, and around a year ago I started on a very positive trajectory. And since then hope returned and a lot of the negative emotions reduced/ went away.

Here is what I see

A key issue is that reading Greene, someone is just going to become a theory junkie very easily. Its like watching a tonne of pickup videos and then thinking you're a stud. Nah you gotta take the theory and practice reps, until you hone the theory until its second nature, and understand where you go wrong in applying it. At least with pickup they bang you over the head with the need to actually go out and practice that shi like an animal.

Power dynamics are very important. but most people's understanding of what counts as power is very warped.

Much higher. I've semi made it out of the inner hood recently

When people write outside of their skillset, they will produce bs

Many have this naive notion of humanity. That there are the good and the bad. But Greene is Jungian in his acknowledgement of the bad in all of us, and the badness in everyday society. People don't like that.

He's an interesting character. I feel like Jordan Peterson, Owen Cook and Todd V itches the scratch more for me than Greene. But i can understand the attraction of Greene. Might check this book out

Late-stage simping/ Advanced simping Where a guy gets really good with girls, or is really good with girls, and then dismisses criticism of individual/ groups of women's behaviour towards guys they don't find cool. For example, Guy 1: "Rachel was really rude to me the other day" Late-stage simp: "Bro, you have to provide value, otherwise she's obviously gonna be bored." Guy 1:"Yeah but she still should treat me with respect" LSS: "Bro stop making victim stories. Girls are great. You just have to level up as a man"

Framemaxxing Where someone is trying to seem high-value rather than focusing on the substance of the conversation. For example, they try to win an argument to look good.