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Neil Strauss

Disciplines:
journalism
writing
seduction
rolling stone

Summary

American journalist — Rolling Stone contributing editor — author of The Game (on the pickup artist community) and The Truth (on sex addiction and relationships) — who became the most prominent journalist to document and then critique the seduction community.

Core Contribution

Creates The Game as the definitive document of the seduction community — Strauss embedded himself in the pickup artist community for two years, became one of its most prominent practitioners, then wrote an account that simultaneously documented and deconstructed the community.

Notable Works & Achievements

The Dirt

The Game

Emergency

The Truth

Historical Influences

Tom Wolfe Hunter Thompson

Intellectual Lineage

Highland Park, IllinoisEmerson CollegeNew York Times Rolling Stone The Game

Contemporaries & Peers

Tucker Max Mystery

Minds Influenced

Seduction community mainstream awareness

Intellectual Posterity

The Game Mystery Seduction community documentation

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