A problem with knowing about such 'laws' is that you'll start perceiving false positives in other people and will hate them for using those techniques against you.

I don't consider the willful maintenance of false illusions to be sustainable way of securing oneself against disillusionment.

I note that if you start hating foks for using those techniques against you then you are probably already ignoring Greene's advice. He consistently advises against taking things personally while also describing just how 'hating people for doing X' is itself a manipulative technique for gaining power.