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Agreed. I also use this opportunity to learn how these con artists present themselves. So watching interviews with them to learn their verbal and physical exp
by 75dvtwin 7y ago
Agreed.
I also use this opportunity to learn how these con artists present themselves.
So watching interviews with them to learn their verbal and physical expressions (and people around them).
This is one particular interview I find useful in the above context.
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/01/14/watch-cnbcs-full-interview-with-ashton-kutcher-and-wework-ceo-adam-neumann.html https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/01/14/watch-cnbcs-full-inter...
Between this and another con artist (Elizabeth Holms, Therano's founder), there a representative sample developing.
- jeffdavis 7y agoGenerally speaking, people know how to spot a con artist intuitively. The difficulty is figuring out who is part of the con, and who is a mark. Sometimes one person is both, or changes from partner to mark overnight.
- pmart123 7y agoWhen you are more charismatic than the actor sitting next to you... I love Ashton's response to why he isn't invested in WeWork though.
- johnsimer 7y agoWhat mannerisms are indicative that he's a con artist? Just seems like a good public speaker to me I'm not sure how by just solely looking at people's mannerisms/behavior without evaluating what they are saying, I'd be able to detect con artistry
- neopallium 7y agoI wonder if a database of past videos of these people (after the truth is known) and machine learning would be able to make a bullshit/con detector? Maybe the same could be done with old PR news from companies that fail to deliver (pump and dump). Would ML be able to detect if the person truly believes what they are pushing?