The Game

Neil Strauss · A journalist's account of joining the pickup artist community and learning to seduce women.

7 people say it helped them, in their own words on Hacker News.

What people said

Read "The Game" by Neil Strauss. Changed my life. Primarily, I realized my model for interacting with women was based on familial roles e.g. empathy, sharing emotions etc.

I've noticed that many of the tips have helped me within my own social circle, when speaking with professionals, meeting new people, etc.

I was painfully shy of girls until grad school, and this book gave me much needed confidence to talk to the opposite gender.

I've learned a ton since reading The Game and joining some of the PUA forums and reading some of their material.

This book fundamentally changed the way I understood myself and relationships with other people.

reading the book gave me some tips to help talk to women, and people in general.

many of the "whys" and "hows" that they teach have helped me a great deal.

Description from Open Library

The author and his friends become preoccupied with perfecting their techniques in seducing women, until an unexpected meeting with a female guitarist makes him question his lifestyle.

What people got from it AI summary

Best if you're shy or awkward around women and want practical social confidence tips.

• Built social confidence
• Taught talking to women
• Changed self-understanding

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Practical tools · 452 pages

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