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310 - The Many Lives of Clark Rockefeller

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

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Is There a Better Chance of Detecting a Lies?

Con artists often pray on people's trust in their propensity for believing that what they wish to be true is true. People lost almost one and a half billion dollars to fraud in two thousand 18, an increase of 38 % from two thousand 17. According to social psychologist susan fisk, the very first thing we decide about a person is his/herworthiness. And once we've decided this, we do all kinds of gymnastics to believe in people. We want to trust people round us because we are smart, good at reading people, and making good choices. In other words, Run into a rockefeller and you'll find out it gets better.

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