We’ve got a perfect sports topic for Non Sports Intellectual Rob Henderson! This episode is anchored by Rob’s extemporaneous reaction to learning about Fake 49er Daejon Love. What does this scam mean about modern dating scene? We also get into my piece on Present Collapse and whether technology is dissolving our shared reality. Fantastic talk in my opinion, with topics that include…
The fake 49ers player who allegedly scammed women out of $1.3 million
Why modern technology has created a paradise for scammers
What the Daejon Love saga reveals about the dating market
Why women might fall for a fake NFL player
The uncomfortable consent question raised by romantic deception
Why people find con artists so entertaining
The strange cultural admiration for scammers and criminals
Jack Kerouac, On the Road, and romanticizing terrible behavior
Why Catch Me If You Can and Wolf of Wall Street make fraudsters appealing
Why smart people are increasingly getting fooled by online scams
How social media lets mediocre con artists operate at massive scale
“Present collapse”: the internet destroying our sense of when things happened
The internet’s obsession with everything being new, timely and “relevant”
