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Conned, swindled, or bilked, about 50 million Americans were ripped off by scammers in 2020. What deadens a person to preying on another? Tricksters commit crudely constructed fraud. Jung said they are \\u201cnot really evil [but do] the most atrocious things from sheer unconsciousness and unrelatedness.\\u201d Cheaters may have behaved decently until tempted by need and opportunity and then become caught in a web of deception. Narcissists exploit others due to an inflated need for admiration and status that forecloses empathy and relatedness--and crooks turn predation, power, and risk-taking into a career. They lack authentic affiliation with others and an abiding sense of self; egotism and performative grandiosity substitute for feeling and being. The scammer unwittingly scams himself by seeking false gold in the external world. Real gold lies within.

Here\\u2019s the dream we analyze:

\\u201cI\\u2019m with my family in a grand dining room, around a large table with lots of food on it. It\\u2019s going to be dad\\u2019s funeral. I hear that mum is really upset because she wants to see dad\\u2019s body before they bury him. Some men bring dad\\u2019s body directly past the table where we are sitting, and as they bring the body past, I recite the lyrics to the Kenny Rogers song \\u201cThe Gambler\\u201d to my brother. I look at him sincerely, and I clearly say: \\u201cOn a warm summer\\u2019s evening, on a train bound for nowhere, I met up with a gambler, we were both too tired to sleep. We took turns in staring out the window at the darkness Until the boredom overtook us, and he began to speak. He said, \\u201cSon, I\\u2019ve made a life out of reading people\\u2019s faces Knowing what the cards were by the way they held their eyes. And if you don\\u2019t mind me saying, I can see you\\u2019re out of aces, and for a taste of your whiskey, I\\u2019ll give you some advice. You\\u2019ve got to know When to hold \\u2019em, Know when to fold \\u2019em, Know when to walk away, Know when to run, You never count your money When you\\u2019re sittin\\u2019 at the table, There\\u2019ll be time enough for countin,\\u2019 When the dealin\\u2019s done, Now every gambler knows, The secret to survivin,\\u2019 Is knowin\\u2019 what to throw away, And knowin\\u2019 what to keep, \\u2019Cause every hand\\u2019s a winner, And every hand\\u2019s a loser, And the best you can hope for Is to die in your sleep.\\u201d Then I stop, and we start to eat the food.\\u201d\\xa0

\\xa0REFERENCES:

Bernie Madoff,\\xa0https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Madoff

Elizabeth Holmes,\\xa0https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Holmes

George Santos,\\xa0https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Santos

John Carreyrou.\\xa0Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup. https://a.co/d/3Gv3NMJ

Maria Konnikova.\\xa0The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It Every Time. https://a.co/d/gWd18xR

Podcast: Dr. Death. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dr-death-s1-dr-duntsch/id1421573955

Sam Bankman-Fried,\\xa0https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bankman-Fried

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