The Gervais Principle
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The Gervais Principle is a recurring publication in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between April 20, 2022 and May 10, 2022. The archive places it in contexts such as “Other things people say this book reminded them of include: The Gervais Principle”; “this book reminded them of include: The Gervais Principle”; “Rao wrote The Gervais Principle”. It most often appears alongside Freud, Lacan, Lacanian.
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- Category: Publications
- Mention count: 2
- Issue count: 2
- First seen: April 20, 2022
- Last seen: May 10, 2022
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Related Pages
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- Freud (2 shared issues)
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- Lacan (2 shared issues)
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- Lacanian (2 shared issues)
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- Sadly, Porn (2 shared issues)
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- A Few Good Men (1 shared issues)
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- A.E. Waite (1 shared issues)
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- Adlerian psychology (1 shared issues)
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- Adolf Eichmann (1 shared issues)
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- Akron (1 shared issues)
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- Akron, Ohio (1 shared issues)
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- AL (1 shared issues)
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- Alex Power (1 shared issues)
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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.
I guess I have to read this now, don’t I? Other things people say this book reminded them of include: The Gervais Principle, Adlerian psychology, Rene Girard, and David Foster Wallace.
The Gervais Principle, by postrationalist heresiarch Venkatesh Rao, claims to be a business book.
In 2009, Rao wrote The Gervais Principle, continuing the increasing-cynicism trend. The Principle, named after The Office writer Ricky Gervais, goes:
In Rao’s statement of the Gervais Principle: