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A carregar... The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time (original 2015; edição 2016)por Maria Konnikova (Autor)
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Some of my favorite stories center around con-men -- people who find a way to take advantage of others. In the movies this is generally robbing from the rich, but back here in reality this is people praying on the weak. This book is half history lesson of scams, and half analysis of them. The constraints and structure of a con is explored and deconstructed many times over, evaluating cons of different types. This book blends true stories of cons -- big and small -- with psychology and neuroscience to show what is going on in our brains when we are victims of scammers. It's hard to believe that I would fall for some of the things people in this book did, but the science is hard to argue with. I think education, such as this book provides, is a great help in protecting ourselves. It's a good read; the stories are amazing, the science is fascinating. Well written, very engaging. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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В своей новой книге американская журналистка Мария Конникова делится советами, как противостоять пополнившемуся арсеналу неприятных новинок и не стать жертвами «классики». Разбираются реальные случаи мошенничества и приводятся их исторические корни. В частности, можно узнать, что первые нигерийские «письма счастья» просили у получателей лишь пару штанов для бедняков Африки.
Хороша также история от том, как пара французских аристократов, отписавших аферистам поместье и миллионы, очутилась на потогонной фабрике в Англии.