The 50th Law (chapter headings)
October 29, 2009Chapter 1 See Things for What They Are – Intense Realism Reality can be rather harsh. Your days are numbered. It takes constant effort to carve a place for yourself in this ruthlessly competitive world and hold on to it….
The 50th Law Ebook
October 29, 2009We’ve gotten several requests to publish a summarized version of the lessons laid out in The 50th Law. Here is a free ebook version of The 50th Law, composed of the chapter headings and some quotes from the book. Hopefully…
The 50th Law Pt III: The Neurotic Type, The Republican Party and the Transgression of the Law
July 26, 2009According to The 50th Law, we can be defined by our relationship to reality. Reality is what lies outside of ourselves, beyond our subjective experience. We have desires. We want people to help, support and like us. We want our…
The 50th Law Part Two: FEAR and POWER
July 10, 2009Our lives are often subject to a pattern of movement that is set in motion at birth. The human animal spends an inordinate amount of time in the mother’s womb. When we are suddenly thrust out of that zone of…
The 50th Law
June 11, 2009Over the course of the past eighteen months I have started dozens of blog entries, only to find that the passage of a few days or a week made my ideas seem irrelevant. Events in the world were moving too…
Interview with Robert Greene
October 13, 2008[Marcus was good enough to remind me to post this here. I announced it over at RudiusMedia.com earlier today. -Ben] Vibe.com has an interview with Robert Greene on his collaboration with 50 Cent for the book The 50th Law. Essentially…
Barack v. Hillary: Maneuver Warfare
January 22, 2008But Cassius and Brutus were the most gloriously conspicuous–precisely because their statues were not to be seen. Tacitus In looking at this election cycle, pundits have been talking about the importance of authenticity. “It is fatal for a politician to…
Cui Bono
November 23, 2007In the Machiavellian perspective, few events in public life are rarely what they seem to be. Power depends on appearances, on manipulating what the public sees. On seeming good, while doing what is necessary to gain and maintain power. Sometimes…
The Terrorist Dilemma: A Talk to West Point Cadets
November 17, 2007I was recently invited by Jarret Brachman, professor and head of research at West Point’s Center of Combating Terrorism, to give a talk to his students in the department. Below is a transcription of the talk itself, which was given…