Not all skills should be mastered, since many involve the practice of dark patterns. Mastering the skills of an executioner/hit man/torturer/etc would require practice, which isn’t good. Many social skills do push the Pareto frontier out, by enabling coordination & effective Coasean transfers between parties. Some current practitioners of skillful social management have used their powers to manipulate, mislead, and maliciously channel hostility instigated by their own evil intentions.
Not all skills should be mastered, since many involve the practice of dark patterns.
Mastering the skills of an executioner/hit man/torturer/etc would require practice, which isn’t good.
Many social skills do push the Pareto frontier out, by enabling coordination & effective Coasean transfers between parties.
Some current practitioners of skillful social management have used their powers to manipulate, mislead, and maliciously channel hostility instigated by their own evil intentions.