The Confidence Game
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The Confidence Game
| Full title | The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It... Every Time |
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| Author | Maria Konnikova |
| Published | 2016 |
| Pages | 340 |
| Recommended | 2 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | A psychologist’s anatomy of the con, from the put-up to the blow-off, arguing that confidence artists succeed by exploiting the same trust and story-hunger that make ordinary social life possible. |
Where I heard about it
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Spotted at Powell’s City of Books, Portland — November 2019 (Books photo album)
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My own bookshelf — a book I own but haven’t read, transcribed from a photo of my shelves: the literal anti-library case, bought and shelved rather than recommended.
Connections
- Books To Read — the Apple Note this shelf transcription came from.
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.