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Re:Ask HN: What are your best “soft skill” resources? by Shaniqua on Saturday August 01, 2015 @03:18PM (#9988331)
>’” The more savvy folks around them think, that’s good, because this isn’t a ‘game’ you can ‘play.’ "

Politics strikes me as something very atavistic. I avoid people who play politics at all costs - I simply can't imagine anything good coming from them.

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Re:Ask HN: What are your best “soft skill” resources? by sib on Saturday August 01, 2015 @10:31PM (#9989502)
Unfortunately, as Pericles said, "Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you." (Sometimes also attributed to Trotsky)
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Re:Ask HN: What are your best “soft skill” resources? by walterbell on Saturday August 01, 2015 @03:34PM (#9988385)
Recognizing such people is itself a skill, which can be learned.
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