628: Brian Brushwood | Scam School & The Modern Rogue

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Brian Brushwood (@shwood) has spent the last twenty years performing onstage, on TV, and on the Internet, entertaining and teaching people how to harness the deceptive (and self-deceptive) skills of scientists, spies, criminals, and con artists.

"The moment a magician says, 'Now we begin,' you're already screwed!" -Brian Brushwood

The Cheat Sheet:
  • Why being interesting isn't a gift -- it's a practice.
  • Fixed action patterns and how they help us get others to do what we want them to do. (Important note: for good -- not evil!)
  • How to control a conversation by asking the right questions.
  • The best way to convince someone to help us? By making it their idea.
  • Why we're all capable of being duped in spite of our highly developed human brains -- and how practicing magic can train us to be more resistant to the fraudulent.
  • And so much more...

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