MENTAL HEALTH FUNDRAISER: CLOSED

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You know what they say--one's a point, and two's a line! This week, we unpack one of my favorite fascinations--scams and scammers. I discuss how my imposter syndrome likely impacted why I found scammers so magnetic and how scams are mostly the same old bones dressed up in new disguises. The million-dollar question is: are we all vulnerable to scams because they implicate the human condition? From LuLaRoe to crypto to Baudrillard, I connect the dots right into our favorite scammers, Brittany Dawn, Anna Delvey, and Elizabeth Holmes--plus an alleged scammer whom I met in real life, to a confusing set of feelings.

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[timestamps]

0:00 - intro
1:16 - imposter syndrome
5:13 - scams are a tale as old as time
6:58 - how new technologies encourage scams
11:18 - how social media encourages scams
15:10 - scams represent the human condition
19:35 - q&a: soft skills for corporate workplace success

[references]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words...
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/1/...
https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/c...
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/...
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/invest...
https://www.thecollector.com/baudrill...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/st...
https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-hist...
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/...

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❓ F A Q s ❓
how old are you? 31 ('91 baby)
which schools did you go to? yale (undergrad) and harvard (law school)
what did you major in? economics
what was your gpa and lsat score? 3.86/176
what sign/MBTI/enneagram are you? aries, ENFJ, 3w4
are you sure you're not a virgo? no part of my star chart is virgo or an earth sign, i swear