The Age of the Grift Shift

Re:The Age of the Grift Shift by book1976 on Friday September 22, 2023 @09:57AM (#37612119)

> to make money it helps to insert yourself between people and something they may want or need. this is how pretty much every business works.

Sure this might be true. Also true that changing topic every three months is a sure way to ruin your reputation

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Re:The Age of the Grift Shift by morelisp on Friday September 22, 2023 @10:27AM (#37612515)

At least one SV luminary founded his empire on the idea you could "become an expert" on any topic in four weeks and shift between them constantly. Even after explaining the grift his star is still fairly bright.

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Re:The Age of the Grift Shift by JohnFen on Friday September 22, 2023 @11:10AM (#37613079)

But, in all fairness, SV loves and celebrates grifters.

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