Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power, discusses carceral censorship

In prisons across the United States that track content bans, the most banned author is Robert Greene, whose many New York Times bestsellers are also commonly cited as threats to security. His best-known book, The 48 Laws of Power, is banned in prisons in 18 states. It analyzes the nature of authority and the power dynamics behind all kinds of interpersonal social relationships, from friendships to romantic relationships to more hierarchical social structures. Greene told PEN America that he has been contacted by incarcerated people who were terrified by prisons before they read his book. “The correspondence that I got," he said, was "about the system, and how it was affecting them and how it was kind of making them paranoid, and making them think that everybody was against them, etc., etc. And they didn't know how to deal with it. And the book just kind of calmed them down and made them reflect and not react emotionally to these situations.”

[@orion9k]

I can't take him serious.. And his book speaking a lot of nonsense as well, I feel like some highly influential people made a contract with this dude in order to sell his book and create a huge earning. The book is popular because of brilliant marketing strategy and endless marketing campaigns, it's not popular because it's actually good.

[@Joe-dw7xu]

You think so ?? I really enjoy thr book 48 law. Have you read it yourself??

[@orion9k]

@@Joe-dw7xu You can ask an AI to take his 48 laws and compress them down to a list of simple 1-2 sentences, with a short explanation for each law. It took me 5 minutes to read his book, after doing this.

[@snatchinitback4635]

@joe-dw7xu: That's the problem nowadays - trying to make everything "microwaveable" ... No way you got the true value you could have gotten from reading the actual entire book. Reading it right now - the gems are truly in the details. Trust me - you have NOT read this book.

[@Joe-dw7xu]

@@snatchinitback4635 do you believe it’s a rip off or a good useful book then ?

[@antoine_richer]

are you stupid ?