Faulty reasoning signals

• Confirmation Bias - 0%
• Anchoring Bias - 0%
• Availability Heuristic - 11.4% (21 hits)
• Representativeness Heuristic - 11.4% (21 hits)
• Hindsight Bias - 0%
• Overconfidence Bias - 0%
• Framing Effect - 3.3% (6 hits)
• Loss Aversion - 8.7% (16 hits)
• Status Quo Bias - 3.8% (7 hits)
• Sunk Cost Effect - 0%
• Optimism Bias - 10.9% (20 hits)
• Pessimism Bias - 0%

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LARPING: How Influencers Fake Being Rich

This week, we talk about Jason's dive into the world of LARPing, where hustlebros and influencers use fake YouTube, OnlyFans, and Stripe dashboards as "proof" that they're rich in order to sell low-quality get-rich-quick courses in pyramid schemes.

We show how easy it is to pretend like you're rich, and how these strategies are used all over social media.

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