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When I taught the first installment from The ‘Book of Swindles’ / 騙經 during the first Trump term, I was struck by how many of the scams worked by exploiting the victim’s assumption that everyone and everything was corrupt.
Cynicism is not a path to higher wisdom! Not even in the late Ming!
Cynicism is not a path to higher wisdom! Not even in the late Ming!
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November 18, 2024 at 1:20 AM
When I taught the first installment from The ‘Book of Swindles’ / 騙經 during the first Trump term, I was struck by how many of the scams worked by exploiting the victim’s assumption that everyone and everything was corrupt.
Cynicism is not a path to higher wisdom! Not even in the late Ming!
Cynicism is not a path to higher wisdom! Not even in the late Ming!