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A review by tresat
The Confidence Game by Maria Konnikova
4.0
I can't believe people got away with some of these scams.
Each chapter opens with the story of a famous con, then Konnikova takes us through each of the "stages" of the con, exploring cognitive theories of how such seemingly unbelievable tales can dupe even supposedly sophisticated marks. The stories were a mix of elaborate and simple cons, and were never dull.
I thought the whole thing was fascinating, and probably does the best job it can at inoculating you (even as it claims this is impossible, and offers supporting evidence which is frankly scary) via making you generally more suspicious of people in what's probably a good way.
A low 4.
Each chapter opens with the story of a famous con, then Konnikova takes us through each of the "stages" of the con, exploring cognitive theories of how such seemingly unbelievable tales can dupe even supposedly sophisticated marks. The stories were a mix of elaborate and simple cons, and were never dull.
I thought the whole thing was fascinating, and probably does the best job it can at inoculating you (even as it claims this is impossible, and offers supporting evidence which is frankly scary) via making you generally more suspicious of people in what's probably a good way.
A low 4.