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1/ Scams: The sophistication of manipulation outpaces vigilance.
Exhibit 1 is annuities.
Avoid annuities. It is scam city.
Every time you face complexity, your red flags should go up.
If you really must, you need to learn annuities like arithmetic!
nytimes.com/2018/11/30/you…
Exhibit 1 is annuities.
Avoid annuities. It is scam city.
Every time you face complexity, your red flags should go up.
If you really must, you need to learn annuities like arithmetic!
nytimes.com/2018/11/30/you…
2/ Annuities are clear as mud. By design.
Avoid annuities.
Protect elderly around you from annuity scams.
But if you really cannot resist them, be sure to learn. Learn as well as you know arithmetic. If you cannot reach that level of clarity, pass.
apple.news/A4oR2UR6dSVSWR…
Avoid annuities.
Protect elderly around you from annuity scams.
But if you really cannot resist them, be sure to learn. Learn as well as you know arithmetic. If you cannot reach that level of clarity, pass.
apple.news/A4oR2UR6dSVSWR…
3/ This class of scam is common.
Why did the honorable leaders of J&J choose to hide dangers to American babies for decades?
We worship success. Wall Street worships growth. At all costs.
It is never a good time to come clean. So we rationalize!
reuters.com/investigates/s…
Why did the honorable leaders of J&J choose to hide dangers to American babies for decades?
We worship success. Wall Street worships growth. At all costs.
It is never a good time to come clean. So we rationalize!
reuters.com/investigates/s…
4/ Homeopathy is at best a placebo and at worst a scam.
However, I had an epiphany recently.
It is the perfect placebo to harness our brain and immune system to cure “diseases of imbalance” in our body.
It is the best psychological device! Wow!
independent.co.uk/news/health/ho…
However, I had an epiphany recently.
It is the perfect placebo to harness our brain and immune system to cure “diseases of imbalance” in our body.
It is the best psychological device! Wow!
independent.co.uk/news/health/ho…
5/ A new breed of prejudice is more subtle.
Hitler’s propaganda was cutting edge in its day.
Fake news on social media is the new cutting edge.
The sophistication of manipulation outpaces vigilance. Sad.
nytimes.com/2019/04/04/wor…
Hitler’s propaganda was cutting edge in its day.
Fake news on social media is the new cutting edge.
The sophistication of manipulation outpaces vigilance. Sad.
nytimes.com/2019/04/04/wor…
6/ We must enact laws in a hurry to protect Americans from AI, a’la military.
Plausible for drug kingpins to borrow AI tech from China for scalable tracking & extortion of addicts.
Much like the nuclear threat, we need to get ahead of this quickly.
nytimes.com/2019/04/14/tec…
Plausible for drug kingpins to borrow AI tech from China for scalable tracking & extortion of addicts.
Much like the nuclear threat, we need to get ahead of this quickly.
nytimes.com/2019/04/14/tec…
7/ Marketing of sports betting as an investment is a cynical scam.
Friends don’t let friends eagerly embrace financial ruin.
The sophistication of manipulation outpaces vigilance.
Friends don’t let friends eagerly embrace financial ruin.
The sophistication of manipulation outpaces vigilance.
8/ See the sausage being made.
The @GOP cowards in Alabama Senate sneaked in a “show of hands” vote suddenly without any trace of who supported the effort to strip women of their rights.
The sophistication of manipulation outpaces vigilance.
The @GOP cowards in Alabama Senate sneaked in a “show of hands” vote suddenly without any trace of who supported the effort to strip women of their rights.
The sophistication of manipulation outpaces vigilance.
9/ Thank God for video-capable smart phone and social media.
Truth now has more ways to escape clised doors.
Cognizance of culpability is telling.
Truth now has more ways to escape clised doors.
Cognizance of culpability is telling.
