P.T. Barnum would have loved the Internet. Instead of having to book performance halls or move a circus around, he could have used the web tools of today and the human gullibility of--well, always--to play big tricks on people.
Without Barnum and his impulses to entertain, we have somewhat more sinister people populating the web. Gabrielle Bluestone, a journalist formerly at Vice, covers the activities of these people in Hype: How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet—and Why We're Following.
Listen and learn what's being used to hook us... and how to avoid getting hooked.