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# How to become a mark for con artists
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/how-to-become-a-mark-for-con-artists/
- Published: 2026-10-18T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-18T12:59:59.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
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[Hank Green in a video about Theranos:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9EaqyoA29E&ref=birchtree.me)

> We should not be complacent about the ways in which our world sucks. But if we're convinced that everything sucks and it's because people are terrible and nothing works when that's obviously not true, then we become the marks for con artists.