virtualAdept comments on The 48 Rules of Power; Viable? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: rwallace 27 May 2011 02:25:35PM 1 point [-]

Well not literally of course, but I consider the useful meaning to be: beware of the intuitive tendency to assume it is necessary to say much, when saying a little would actually suffice. It's a guideline rather than a rule, not always applicable, but often enough to be of value.

Comment author: virtualAdept 27 May 2011 02:37:32PM 1 point [-]

Fair. That's how I took it at first, and why I liked it more then.