If you're the kind of person who thinks you can't be conned, that assumption may make it harder for you to recognize when you actually are being scammed. We speak with professional poker player and author Maria Konnikova about how con-artists get inside the stories we all tell ourselves, about ourselves. Then we go to an international multimillion dollar scam in Costa Rica, where a master of the con meets his match... the IT guy.
If you're the kind of person who thinks you can't be conned, that assumption may make it harder for you to recognize when you actually are being scammed. We speak with professional poker player and author Maria Konnikova about how con-artists get inside the stories we all tell ourselves, about ourselves. Then we go to an international multimillion dollar scam in Costa Rica, where a master of the con meets his match... the IT guy.
Roughly When scared, stressed, and feeling trapped, it's difficult to think IQ actually drops and easy to fall for lies. A lot of people struggling and feeling insecure about the future, including me. But I have hope believing in the good of people. Mister Rogers was right. I miss him.
Roughly There is a great point here. The shaming of victims has created a culture where people to not want to admit to being a victim of a con. This not only causes them to continue in denial, it of course helps the con artist.
Roughly Epstein
Roughly 1./ Living to see retirement in old age with a pension is a younger concept than America, so as people used to have means to support themselves while in lack of a suffrage rich people were loathed, the idea of getting away with something is what powers Robin Hood.
Roughly Interesting question -- we live in the country where more than half of population thinks that they were conned when President Trump was elected! How do we feel about it? -- I would say ambiguous.