Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ conman Frank Abagnale Jr. lied abou...
by travisjungroth on Sunday March 19, 2023 @03:46PM
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Agree with you on conmen getting rooted out. I don’t think that holds for psychopaths or not nearly as much. They can cement themselves in positions of power.
Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ conman Frank Abagnale Jr. lied abou...
by foobarbecue on Sunday March 19, 2023 @03:49PM
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You really should read The Greatest Hoax.
Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ conman Frank Abagnale Jr. lied abou...
by rexreed on Sunday March 19, 2023 @04:56PM
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The Valley of Genius is another great book and doesn't hide much about Steve Jobs and his opportunism. That said, he sure knew how to raise money, build a team, and get attention.
Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ conman Frank Abagnale Jr. lied abou...
by lisp-pornstar on Monday March 20, 2023 @03:52AM
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Side note : Well designed apps and websites represents exactly what some of us probably find unusable, I often find myself constricted when I'm in front of a windows/mac machine, and everything I use on my computer, ( no trackpad, but a trackpoint, almost no design, a shell, a term, several virtual desktop, no wallpaper or picture, nothing else than text ) is exactly what Mac/windows people find unusable.
And it’s not just me. A lot of very respected smart people think he was way above them. That’s not a conman.
Also, conmen usually have an expiry date or they have to switch roles or disappear into new communities once they get found out. Same with psychopaths. They get found out and get rejected by society. That’s not what Steve Jobs did. He was respected to the end and built products to the end.
As a side note, I also think the obsession with UX and design in tech never would have occurred without jobs. The only reason we have fairly well designed apps and websites at this point is jobs’ influence.