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The best evolutionary strategy for a human is to pretend to be nice but to be selfish and manipulative behind the scenes. Even if you make a mistake and damage
by jondubois 10y ago
The best evolutionary strategy for a human is to pretend to be nice but to be selfish and manipulative behind the scenes.
Even if you make a mistake and damage your reputation, you can still move to a different city/country and start over with a clean slate.
- ghusbands 10y agoAs long as you don't want a family or career.
- jondubois 10y agoFamily, maybe. But being manipulative and two-faced is great for career - So long as no one ever finds out. There are lots of safe strategies that one can use to make sure that no one ever finds out about your double dealings. Successful people know how to lie and cheat effectively; but they know where to draw the line. I guarantee you that practically every financially successful person ever has used lying and manipulation to get what they wanted. The ones who didn't cheat or lie and still managed to succeed just got extremely lucky.