The 48 Laws of Power

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I have practiced one principle that a few months ago without realising it was written in this book. To acquire the same effect by social skills/ body language would be virtually impossible.

The NTs have so much advantage over us survival in this NT world. I leave it to them to provide their emotional tithe, I aint got nowt to give, I leave it to them to save the world.

I leave you a question. Have you ever wondered why there is such few Afro American/ Caribbean aspies except for me who believes in the “The 48 Laws of Power” and the other black geek in this forum, who behaves like a Jerk. Where are the other black geek, are they married with kids.

Good find.

I've seen this tactic in action many times. Even if you see their intentions, others may not, or more likely choose to ignore them.


Obviouslly image is everything in the NT world.


No wonder so much help and support is witheld.


So true.


Never trust anyone - there's always a catch.


They certainly do.


Its a sociopath's world.


Unfortunately, the latter are vastly outnumbered by the selfish, manipulative majority, and always will be.


Eh? That didn't make sense. There must be a typo there. Are you saying that aspies are more sociopathic than NTs or vice versa?

Funny, it made me think of Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince" instantly, and that's how Wiki starts:

"The 48 Laws of Power is a 1998 book by Robert Greene. The book shares thematic elements with Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince[1] and has been compared to Sun-Tzu's classic treatise The Art of War."

I've read chunks of The Prince, lots of things in there still apply to business life nowadays I feel. This book sounds interesting, and over here, I can get it for only 20 euros (ha). I might just buy the concise for only 10, as I'm a lazy reader.

NTs are more sociapathic then aspies

No, don't go concise, too much good reading there to cut short.

I do like this thread, nice one guys. I'm ordering a few of these types of books so will add any good ones I find. Have any of you looked into NLP? I haven't been able to muster the concentration required to get properly into it but I believe it deserves a place as step 4 on BillSmithsinglendale's above list, it's really quite amazing. The only problem is the best books on it (Bandler and Grinder) are out of print and I find e-books difficult to read. Here's a link to one of their books but realise these books are transcripts of group teaching sessioins so read them as if you were there, let the words flow over your consiousness don't go back and reread bits etc. You wont even notice you're being hypnotized.

Actually, Anthony Robbin's early stuff (and maybe his stuff now) is essentially NLP, repackaged for the masses with some of his own changes in there. I would agree that NLP would be a good fit for Aspies -- It certainly pulled me out of my slump in high school and turned me into a good student almost instantly.

Be sure to pick up Greene's other two books, "The Art of Seduction" and "The 33 Strategies of War." Both are at least as good as "48 Laws" -- actually, I think "The Art of Seduction" explained more that was relevant here than pretty much everything else. Be sure to pick up "The Game" as well to get an alternate POV on everything, and a long term view about what is really important.

There are probably a few (maybe undiagnosed) out there somewhere, but Asperger's isn't very common, and African-Americans are a minority, so this is probably the reason for the low numbers.

No,
I have always kept an eye out for any black people with any aspie traits. I don't remember seeing any. I talking with those who I am not sure,but they generally have the average NT non logical beliefs.

Anything, taken to extremes, can be worthless or comic... but taken in short form:

Something observable in animals; giving away signs of future action negates advantage for either predator or prey. To preserve a sense of mystery is to create safety. Too much or too little can have very different outcomes.



In moderation, this leaves room for others to ask questions. It places a certain demand of interest on the other person, and can be used as a measuring stick or thermometer of their curiosity or intrigue.



This is somewhat true if baffling to me, as what defines a reputation is as arbitrary as those to possess knowledge of it.



If one wishes to be seen (not be) as a leader, then this is probably an apt statement. Being given credit does much for Law 5, too.



Another power/manipulation form; too much and one is a tyrant... too little, and one is alone and unneeded.



People are inherently selfish; when mercy and gratitude are in their own self-interest, then it is the card to play. A gross assessment here, in my opinion.



Less threatening form - be benign and observe carefully. Makes sense to me.



Don't disturb the fish works better for me - if you rile the water, then no fish will bite regardless of how good the bait is.


M.

Hi Aspie_Chav,

Maybe the sample size is too small in Croydon? I don't know anything about that area, so hard to get a read on it.

Even here in gang-banger L.A., where it could actually be hazardous to your health to be a black nerd, I've run into quite a few black or latino nerds/aspies.

Perfect example of Machiavelli-like behavior!
That's why I love Code Geass...Lelouch uses his mind to win the day

CODE GEASS FTW!! !

So the first one I ordered was called Games People Play by Eric Berne MD if you've ever wondered how you're supposed to do small talk when you don't even know what the f**k it is or what it's for then this book is for you. I'm only a 3rd into it but it's already taught me more about small talk than the last 30 years of trying to do it has. It's not easy to read but it is fairly straight forward and logical but maybe a little technical for some. It's made me look at small talk in a whole different way already.