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A review by jonjas
The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists by Neil Strauss
5.0
Set your morality aside, or better yet- just have an open mind. The 1 star reviews where someone just turned away from something they found distasteful- why not try to understand human psychology a bit more? Don’t judge so quickly- read, consider, learn from it, and if you still have the same objection that’s fine, at least it’s an informed objection now.
Anyways- I found this all fascinating. Strauss coulda done a bit more to paint personal lives, but then again that isn’t what this book is about. Instead we get guided through the world of the pickup artist, and- look, I don’t really dig the casual scene, I feel bad for people who can’t interact with the opposite sex but then also feel like most of the characters compensate too much going the other way- there’s a lot of questionable behavior occurring basically. A lot of stuff that you can judge harshly, because ultimately these men seem broken and in the extreme one way or the other. And so I just don’t focus on all that, I don’t get caught up in my moral view of their behaviors, because it’ll occur regardless of my judgment. What’s more interesting for my consumption is-
Look, why does this stuff work? Strauss kinda explains it, but on a deeper level- why does this stuff work, and why don’t we acknowledge it works? Why do we pretend there still isn’t some large unconscious part of our brains that operate on animal instincts? I think that’s the part that’s fascinating and still unexplored- Strauss just does the field work and it’s fascinating, but he also stops shy of delving into the psychological/social implications, and that’s what’s really interesting to me.
Anyways, so ya- read it if you think the subject/psychology interesting, don’t enter in focused on personal morals. You’ll learn info on picking up girls that may or may not be useful depending on said morality, but you’ll definitely find useful insights into human behavior/psychology in general.
Anyways- I found this all fascinating. Strauss coulda done a bit more to paint personal lives, but then again that isn’t what this book is about. Instead we get guided through the world of the pickup artist, and- look, I don’t really dig the casual scene, I feel bad for people who can’t interact with the opposite sex but then also feel like most of the characters compensate too much going the other way- there’s a lot of questionable behavior occurring basically. A lot of stuff that you can judge harshly, because ultimately these men seem broken and in the extreme one way or the other. And so I just don’t focus on all that, I don’t get caught up in my moral view of their behaviors, because it’ll occur regardless of my judgment. What’s more interesting for my consumption is-
Look, why does this stuff work? Strauss kinda explains it, but on a deeper level- why does this stuff work, and why don’t we acknowledge it works? Why do we pretend there still isn’t some large unconscious part of our brains that operate on animal instincts? I think that’s the part that’s fascinating and still unexplored- Strauss just does the field work and it’s fascinating, but he also stops shy of delving into the psychological/social implications, and that’s what’s really interesting to me.
Anyways, so ya- read it if you think the subject/psychology interesting, don’t enter in focused on personal morals. You’ll learn info on picking up girls that may or may not be useful depending on said morality, but you’ll definitely find useful insights into human behavior/psychology in general.