Ah, go on...

[ciphergoth]

You can make people like you more by doing them a tremendously damaging disservice - encourage them to do what is in their short-term interests but against their long-term interests.

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[booklectica]

Of course, people are often not conscious that this is what they're doing.

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Hardly ever, in fact, which was one reason I was interested to know what people thought about it!