Book · recommended on 1 episode
Whiz Mob
David W. Maurer ISBN 9780742533516
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David W. Maurer ISBN 9780742533516
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This book by David W. Maurer came up once on Tim Ferriss in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Apollo Robbins. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“Then Whiz Mob. Whiz Mob was that it was this juxtaposition that there was a professor, David Maurer, who was studying the language of thieves.”— Apollo Robbins
The guest here is Apollo Robbins: Sleight-of-hand artist, theatrical pickpocket, and attention/deception expert known as 'The Gentleman Thief'; profiled in The New Yorker and a research collaborator with neuroscientists studying attention. Pickpocket Apollo Robbins reveals how attention, misdirection, and deception work, from stealing from the Secret Service to crafting belief.
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