Social scamming | Brian Brushwood | TEDxHartford

Sex Sells...we know this. How can you use this knowledge to scam people. This guys did. He used social influence to sell a book. Pretending to write a book about sex. Top seller. Also how to break the online algorithm by having everyone give a top rating at the same time. Brian Brushwood is a Magician, Podcaster,Author, lecturer, and comedian. He is the creator and host of over 500 episodes of Discovery’s “Scam School,” with nearly two million subscribers on YouTube. in the show, he teaches the audience entertaining tricks at bars so they can “scam” a free drink from their friends. In 2015 his first full season of “Hacking the System” debuted on the National Geographic Channel. He has performed thousands of his live “Bizarre Magic” shows (appearing in every state in the continental US), headlined three years at Universal Orlando, appeared on dozens of TV programs (including twice on the Tonight Show), and now co-hosts The Modern Rogue with Jason Murphy. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx