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The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene: Review, Best and Worst Laws, Is It Worth Reading?

Prison libraries, rappers and ambitious interns all swear by it. Hailey reviews Robert Greene's The 48 Laws of Power spoiler-free: how the book works, the laws that hold up, the ones that made her wince, whether the history counts as evidence, and the ethics question at the heart of it.

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Books mentioned in this episode
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Influence by Robert Cialdini
The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene
The Art of Seduction by Robert Greene
The 33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene

Chapters
0:00 Cold Open
0:27 Welcome
0:59 The Review
10:00 Three Stories Worth Remembering
11:26 Outro

Scores, the full written review and the videos

Narrated by Hailey, the Book Explained host voice (AI-generated with Kokoro TTS).

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