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Seems like it would take a lot more energy to be manipulative than it would be to excel at something.

• philwelch 16y ago
  But a lot less ability!
• amirmc 16y ago
  It only seems that way. Sometimes being manipulative is easier than trying to excel (otherwise we'd see more people doing well
  • MichaelApproved 16y ago
    But in order to keep that person you have to make a chaotic environment. Who wants to deliberately have crushing debt? It's more like if you're already a loser, you can use some of that to your advantage by dragging someone else down with you.
• aprrrr 16y ago
  Depends on your talents.
• gaius 16y ago
  Manipulative people are highly optimized for it. Like the way your graphics card can do matrix operations without breaking a sweat that would bring your main processor to its knees.