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Comment author: Lumifer 30 November 2015 05:58:43PM 2 points [-]

how to influence more than one person

I believe the usual term for this is "politics". This is one classic reference.

Comment author: [deleted] 01 December 2015 05:12:11PM 1 point [-]

I believe the usual term for this is "politics". This is one classic reference.

There are actually a few others, such as Group Psychology, Marketing, Economics and Mechanism Design.

In general, I see this as a big problem that requires many different frameworks to have an effect.

Comment author: signal 02 December 2015 09:05:16AM 1 point [-]

Can you point out your 3-5 favorite books/frameworks?