| It seems we've talked about some of the positive | | | | "Wow John, great question, and it is amazing how |
| things on this show, that is to say many of the | | | | well people can lie, and go out of their way to cloak |
| positive aspects of human behavior. So much so, that | | | | their true identity. It's completely interesting how |
| sometimes we don't talk about the negative things, | | | | imaginative Ponzi scheme operators can be, and how |
| the unfortunate challenges we have with human | | | | elaborate their tales can get." |
| behavior on the negative side of things. We've | | | | After all, it wasn't too long ago Bernie Madoff got |
| reviewed how people can cause positive events to | | | | caught after he "made off" with everyone's money, |
| occur in their lives, and we talked about love, | | | | what was that something like $60 billion, that's just |
| philanthropy, volunteerism, community, mentoring, and | | | | unbelievable. In fact, he had everyone fooled, he was |
| a host of other great things. | | | | a socialite, gave money to charities, had offices and a |
| Now I don't want to get anybody into a negative | | | | company with employees. He fooled the regulators, |
| mood, but let's go ahead and turn the tables on this | | | | he sounded so legit no one questioned him. And yet |
| conversation for this particular show. Let's go ahead | | | | after he got caught, the world was amazed he was |
| and hear some questions people have of the not so | | | | able to get away with it, and how stupid anyone |
| great things that we see in our society and | | | | could be for falling for it. |
| civilization; things like greed, arrogance, deviousness, | | | | Still, tons of people gave him their hard-earned |
| anger, lying, cheating, violence, and the human | | | | money without asking the right questions. I wonder if |
| behavior associated with those types of things. | | | | it is because people believe what they want to |
| Remember let's go ahead and discuss this and try to | | | | believe and that maybe that is part of the human |
| keep it on a positive note, and let's try to bring some | | | | psyche. Maybe that's what makes humans who they |
| understanding as to why humans do the things they | | | | are, and what makes them different, it's hard to say, |
| do and why they are the way they are. Now then, | | | | but this could be one of the reasons people fall for |
| it's time to take a caller, and let's see what questions | | | | Ponzi Schemes. |
| you have on human psychology in our modern | | | | "Big John" I want to thank you for your call today, |
| setting in society. | | | | and I must say I don't know why? But if anyone in |
| "Hello there "Big John" Bell from Burns Valley | | | | the audience would like to suit me an e-mail and tell |
| California, you are on the air what is your question." | | | | me, I'd be willing to listen. Just don't get burned in |
| "Yes, I'd like to know why it is, huh, hmm, why is | | | | Burns Valley! |
| that humans fall for such stupid Ponzi schemes?" | | | | |