Overview
Durante siglos, los charlatanes han vivido de engañar a sus víctimas. Hoy, la charlatanería es más global y lucrativa que nunca. Gracias al poder de la tecnología, los embaucadores de nuestra época han tejido una red de fraudes a una escala sin precedentes.
En Charlatanes, el escritor y columnista especializado en asuntos internacionales Moisés Naím y el periodista y politólogo Quico Toro investigan cómo los nuevos timadores nos engañan con las mismas técnicas que se utilizaban en el lejano Oeste: se ganan nuestra confianza, nos hacen creer que son los mayores valedores de nuestros sueños y luego nos explotan para su propio beneficio. En cierto modo, nada ha cambiado excepto una cosa: estos charlatanes son ahora digitales, virales y globales. Sean tanto gurús de la salud que promueven sus productos pseudocientíficos como políticos que ocupan los puestos de mayor relevancia del escenario global, los timadores modernos acumulan audiencias de una punta a otra del planeta gracias a internet y las redes sociales, sirviéndose de un conjunto de estrategias comunes y actuando con suma rapidez, mientras nuestras lentas instituciones luchan por responder.
Repleto de ideas sobre cómo no caer en todo tipo de estafas ni en la charlatanería populista, este libro es un viaje revelador a través del engaño descarado y la brutal victimización que se encuentran en el corazón de esta nueva lacra mundial.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
From classic con artists to cryptocurrency scammers, this is the fascinating story of charlatans and why we fall into their traps time and time again.
For centuries, charlatans have made a living by deceiving their victims. Today, charlatanism is more global and lucrative than ever. Thanks to the power of technology, the swindlers of our time have woven a web of fraud on an unprecedented scale.
In Charlatans, writer and columnist specialized in international affairs Moisés Naím and journalist and political scientist Quico Toro investigate how the new con artists deceive us with the same techniques that were used in the Wild West: they gain our trust, make us believe that they are the greatest champions of our dreams, and then exploit us for their own benefit. In a way, nothing has changed, except for one thing: these charlatans are now digital, viral, and global. Whether they are health gurus promoting their pseudoscientific products or politicians occupying the most important positions on the global stage, modern con artists amass audiences from one end of the planet to the other thanks to the internet and social media, using a set of common strategies and acting with extreme speed, while our slow institutions struggle to respond.
Filled with ideas on how to avoid falling for all kinds of scams and populist charlatanism, this book is a revealing journey through the blatant deception and brutal victimization at the heart of this new global scourge.
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