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"If we could convince [any] Sociopath that we were all Losers, we might be able to entice them into spilling their secrets as 'Straighttalk'. (Arguably that's what this book is..)"

On one hand Rao doesn't say much about Gametalk (he basically defers to Eric Berne) which is the Loser's sociolect and should well be our default.

On the other, Rao much more optimistic than Orwell, who declared doublespeak the lingua franca?

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OgsyedIE an hour ago | parent | next [-]

The Berne books Rao cites as explanations of Gametalk are solidly good entries in of themselves, although it's probably best to use an LLM to get search results of the best introductions to TA first to see if they've been surpassed.

	▲	gsf_emergency_7 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Adhering to the predictable/ritualistic/comfortable nature of "Gametalk", Here's one question I asked: "How does Eric Berne's Gametalk as interpreted by Venkatesh Rao signal to the sociopaths that those who engage in them are losers worth talking to? Distinguish between "channels" that Eric has identified as well as new signals that Rao or others have discovered." https://youtu.be/9B3oem_56jg?t=52s

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ajb an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I guess one day there will be a massive leak of executives chats with their LLMs, and we'll find out what they really think.

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conception an hour ago | parent [-]

I think that’s called the Epstein Files.

	▲	gsf_emergency_7 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Used to think that Epstein was a Posturetalker but turns out he is a native Gametalker