TEDxSanAntonio - Brian Brushwood - Social Engineering - How to Scam Your Way into Anything

[@WyckedEntertainment]

This video is a prime example as to why SOUND RECORDING IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

[@TheLlamasareboss]

my left ear sure enjoyed that

[@diamond-craft595]

+Stuffguy Whats with all the TSM, and CLOUD9 icons in this comment section, FUCKING SKTT1

[@Hecameup]

+Stuffguy Thank you, I was 5 minutes away from throwing my headset in the garbage!

[@Dimsum365]

I was going to smash my phone on the side of my table. Still considering....

[@top1scentral748]

Stuffguy both my ears enjoyed this

[@rachelslur8729]

Stuffguy Fixed it on *android* Settings>Accessibility>Hearing>Mono Audio

[@tubatad]

I have been watching you since the beginning and I don't remember when I first heard you talk about the M&M's for free drinks reciprocation "scam", but it always stuck in the back of my mind. A couple of years ago I studied Chialdini as part of my Master's Degree and we talked about you, your Scam School episodes and the M&M's. I don't travel much, but I was on a flight earlier this year and it was my first opportunity to try it out. I handed over a Plain and a Peanut theater box to the flight attendants as I boarded the plane. They laughed and asked what I wanted. I deflected and feigned ignorance and innocence. They asked what my seat number was (they asked and had uniforms on, so they were 'in charge'). As the drink service came through each time, FREE DRINKS!!! Mission Accomplished! thanks for all the entertainment and education over the years. If you're ever in Seattle I'll buy you a beer.

[@michael7324]

I learned long ago, that if you tip your bartender in the beginning of the night saying that you don't want to forget to tip you cuz I can get forgetful after a drink or two. The bartender actually bought me a drink or two. Works about %80 of the time.

[@georgio3753]

Michael 732 dude, I broke my screen trying to squash the bug on your avi! 😂😂😂

[@iamjackalope]

Yea. Back some years ago when I did frequent nightclubs I found getting there a little early and setting up a tab and then giving the bartender a fairly sizable tip often bought me some favorable treatment when the crowds started coming in and lines started forming to get drinks. Getting to know your bartenders always helped too. If your a good looking women in a short skirt none of this is really necessary even when the bartender is female but as a male you need all of the help you can get. It also helps if you can get the bartender to see you as a peer or someone who is on the same social standing as he is. (man to man kind of thing) The minute you become a sloppy drunk you can forget all that. No one likes sloppy drunks.

[@TheDanhenk]

Michael 732 funny thing is bartenders use the same trick an give less, when that "free drink" rolls around. You tip well first time doesn't give you free drinks, show up multiple times will. Bartenders are only in it for the money, making new mixes. And trying new tricks to have you buy more.

[@Waltham1892]

When I was an undergrad I did a replication of the copier study. I found that the use of a reason was significant, but the attractiveness of the individual making the request was more significant!

[@Waltham1892]

@@flamboyantwarlock7101 I did that study when dinosaurs ruled the earth. I don't recall the P values any longer.

[@ie8118]

Damn it

[@rizzcs6018]

5:16 make the cop laugh, a few weeks ago i got stopped for speeding, i smiled at them said ''you got me, sorry for speeding i just got off work and really need to take a shit.'' They smiled at me and sent me on my way. P.S. I fucking love this guy

[@williamfrost8081]

+Rizzla CS Lol, "you got me, sorry for speeding because I really need to take a shit.''

[@Metrowhite]

Let me guess, you're white.

[@sexywildlad]

So did you make it in time?

[@lexie-colette]

"Do NOT make it look like a bribe!" Oh, you won't let me into first class? Will THIS change your mind? *slides m&m bag across table*

[@samharris246]

I want to know who takes food from random strangers.

[@lexie-colette]

hungry people i gess

[@AntonioKowatsch]

I don't but many people accepted my gifts :P As long as it's packaged no one is going to suspect anything. You'll see.

[@Murasame]

I work in costumer service and have accepted candy from little old ladies.

[@phyconinja]

My old teacher said you could just say "Can I use the copier because the weather is nice today", and people would let you cut in line. Your reason didn't have to actually be related to the action you want to do. Never tried it tho.

[@BoshansStudios]

It's because of one part of that sentence. The word because. I learned that from the book he mentions by Cialdini.

[@BoshansStudios]

and he just mentioned it in the video.

[@caineable4525]

This might be the best one, hidden gems with this one..

[@ukulele177]

I cant believe that a guy with a hairstyle like that can made someone to do something.

[@GyzzGL]

AHAHAHAHAHAHA true.

[@BuzzZu]

People with headphones use ur left ear, the right side doesnt work ur welcome

[@cjfromgtasanadreas]

Thank you, I thought I was deaf on my right ear

[@Li5guard]

Buzz Zu you are the real mvp

[@rachelslur8729]

Buzz Zu Fix for *android* Settings>Accessibility>Hearing>Mono Audio

[@manassehv.5170]

Thank you, unfortunately my left ear is bad

[@ryukuro8259]

It does work...

[@OatmealDonk]

As somebody who works in live events, the part about looking right is most certainly true. Go to any festival and you can get backstage with a high vis vest and by looking busy. Just walk quickly like you know what your doing because thats what us techies tend to do all of the time anyway, and security (and us techies) will probably not even question your existence.

[@user-dx8nj7qj2g]

iv always believed the best way to go somewhere you arent allowed, is to look like you belong.

[@fwsimo2718]

I use the asking question thing in class whenever I argue with teachers and it leaves them speachless

[@boomperson818]

my right ear feels left out

[@rachelslur8729]

BoomPerson Fixed it on *android* Settings>Accessibility>Hearing>Mono Audio

[@kashifhaque2085]

Read about all these in "Influence - The Psychology of Persuasion" by Robert Cialdini, interesting stuff.

[@lancethrustworthy]

This show wasn't shot right. We needed close ups of Brian; of his face and of him doing the match trick. The audio in some spots was bad too. The audio of the played video messes up what Brian on the stage is saying. The whole thing warrants a re-do.

[@TheMsr47gaming]

don't do that match trick, sulfer in the lungs is a really bad idea.

[@astaut2659]

That small video was paradise

[@bRadicalmagic1]

I have so much Love & Respect for this man ! Thanks TedTalk for allowing Brian Brushwood on your show ! ! !

[@Georgexb]

anyone notice that the medical student badge was Martha from Dr who

[@indjev99]

Lol, yeah.

[@bryce2249]

My left earbud is brokenSo yeah

[@SpaceLivingNL]

it should be the right one

[@vinteote]

+Bryce Vermilyea just switch from stereo to mono stupid

[@bryce2249]

output on my phone is impossible to change

[@noalear]

Just put your headphones on backwards, ya dummy.

[@casualchris1893]

Kyle Ward I know I'm late but flipping the headphones doesn't change that the left side is broken

[@Danmeyerswords2]

Great TEDx Talk, Brian! Loved it! Keep up the great work, bro!

[@gary12xxx]

Why is it I only hear the left of my headphones?

[@jameboydeguit355]

ayos ah heheeheh

[@nerdchow]

My right ear feels lonely...

[@GodAstra]

LOL ME TOO

[@Cashewsalt]

If you're using an iPhone go to settings>general>accessibility and turn on mono audio it should fix it

[@vinteote]

+lxlMlgGamerlxl welll if this was correct, you can actually switch it back off when you will need "good sound on one headphone" instead of "two working headphones" (which actually means you will miss half of the music/whatever that should go through left so you will get only "half of crap sound") you seem a bit stupid. let me make this clear for you, sound doesnt magiically improve when you change to stereo, it just "splits up" and you dont get to hear the same through both earphones anymore. so basically you need to decide between "crap sound" or "half of crap sound", if you're limited to one side of earphones.

[@jveezy]

Great stuff. Huge fan of Brian Brushwood and Scam School. The one thing I noticed when I first started watching the show is that it always left you with a smile. It's great to see the science that goes behind the show. Even if I don't plan on using any of these techniques in real life, it's important to recognize them to defend yourself when they're used on you.

[@RyanDraga]

Such a talented con man Brian is, that he managed to con my ears into believing one of my speakers had blown.

[@Oymmit]

I only have a right ear. now what do i do?

[@Nico-pb1sr]

TheBo0mer nonsense

[@blehe38]

rotate 180°

[@DevilboyScooby]

Form a double act with Van Gogh?

[@NicErdman]

I learned more practical knowledge here than in 12 years of school.

[@Dwight511]

How to enjoy video with both ears: Pull the audio jack half way out and adjust it until both speakers are working.

[@PoseidonKross2009]

Can't focus on video... the hair... the power.... oh my god

[@TheJahn1]

My speakers have been backwards for months. Thanks for letting me know.

[@xximpacts2cks]

My small, 22 year old, innocent looking, female blonde friend, has cried and pretended not to know what insurance or registration is (and what they look like in card form) the last 10 times she has been pulled over. She has never gotten a ticket.

[@vinteote]

people actually pick up random trash if they're told to? wow.

[@the1exnay]

Many people will perform any trivial task when told to, simply because it's easier than arguing or resisting. But once the person ordering you seems gone then the vast majority will stop performing the actions. The more authority the person appears to have then the more likely it'll be troublesome to resist. Actual security guards are able to cause trouble for you, experts at nagging and capable of kicking you out and getting backup. Ergo going along with some trivial task is usually the best course of action. The bigger the task the more effort you're willing to devote to figuring out whether they can actually cause trouble for you if you dont do it and if that trouble is worth it so less likely you'll do it.

[@minecraftminertime]

Firaro what do you mean by the person ordering you to do something "seems gone"?

[@P3R3ZC1D]

I've been doing these things unconsciously... Now that I know, I'll try doing it consciously, experiment with different things, and see what happens.

[@warrenwiberg2213]

Is this the guy from modern rogue?

[@GEM4sta]

Yeah. Scam School basically turned into Modern Rogue. But Scam School was more about magic tricks and puzzles, modern rogue, at least from what I've seen, is more about ways crimes/scams can actually be committed.

[@TheChirpingPhoenix]

Yeah! #ScamSchool

[@mackenzieonyx7586]

ikr

[@inkgolfoscar715]

You could say he's a M O D E R N R O G U E

[@ridrexw8069]

wow a relatively new comment

[@thekenmatax18]

*CSI Miami theme starts playing*

[@AdrianChazz]

@@thekenmatax18 YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWW!

[@Ziotic]

0:22 yup I cant watch this video my right ear feels soo lonely

[@baldwism]

Great talk! Funny, informative and very entertaining. Hope to see Brian doing TED again in the future

[@s_b156]

Brushwood is the man!

[@andrewmayne]

Brian is great. I'd love to see him do more TEDT talks.

[@vadimcondrea72]

Just got a job of door-to-door selling, got assigned to the n.1 seller and he follows literally everything in this video. This is insane

[@Hiiiilp]

This was a great talk. I will now cut in all the lines at the copier, because I CAN!

[@VestinVestin]

I've just realized that the same traits that make me resistant to these techniques make me look like an asshole and a sociopath in day-to-day life. Heh... Better an asshole than a sucker, I guess.

[@Dominic-bj3ls]

Nah, I'd play the role of sucker just to stay behind the scenes.

[@DiMono]

Depending on context, they could be the same thing.

[@repairstudio4940]

Just enthralling! 😂❤

[@coolworx]

The fact that we're irrational creatures that are emotionally swayed sort of discounts Adam Smith's rational marketplace - no?

[@itsallinyourmind314]

in fact it is shown in game theoretical experiments - so experiments about cooperation strategies, altruism, sociality and so on - that humans are more cooperative, or trustful, than they should be according to a economical theory of evolution. this doesn't mean that evolution is not true of course, but it could for example mean that consciousness is from an evolutionary point of view (so a point of view that is solely about reproductive success) some kind of byproduct/necessary evil that comes with the complexity of the brain, but is actually itself decreasing reproductive success (in the end all together it has to be increasing of course). further implications could be suicide and being scared/shy with the opposite sex. but that's just my hypothetical explanation.

[@morehn]

Noah Namey the rational people step in at that point.

[@ronnydsouza4689]

how do you figure that when the market is about fulfilling needs and wants. Not all needs and wants are rational. It is rational to ensure food for all. But starvation and obesity are both rampant.

[@sexywildlad]

Kindness and altruism can also be conducive to reproductive success in most circumstances. That's why we've evolved them.

[@RelentlessFoxxyST]

My left ear is loving this presentation.

[@ZaifSenpai]

Fixed audio on windows 10. Just type "Mono" in search and open the setting "Turn mono audio on or off". Turn on the Mono audio. Don't forget the turn it off after you have finished!

[@HoshiHikari]

I don't understand why there's a bag rule in the first place for planes, so why would bringing two bags work?

[@Jason_TCR]

this guy is great, seriously great references for getting a self promotion up and going

[@vbrushwood]

Loved it! The only thing better would have been to see it live!!

[@ddakj]

Great "Because" insight!

[@corydodt]

Now I'm interested in his podcast.

[@uhgtheuhg]

I love TEDx, and I love shows like this. Brian Brushwood is an amazing speaker and I believe his experiences with Social Engineering are amazing!

[@TheCensere]

Ah the ancient times of TED Tacks Back when the speaker could explore the stage

[@sleepnobodyzzz]

My left ear enjoyed this.

[@AG-dy4xz]

book: The psychology of persuasion

[@anthonyfoxlive]

The fact that I only had my left earphone in lol

[@anthonyfoxlive]

Lol

[@robertvondarth1730]

Regarding traffic tickets I’m glad he read my book

[@DougMcCloud]

We need more talks like this!

[@HristoMourinho]

Great stuff Brian, I seem to learn something new everytime I hear you speak. I wish it was longer so I could learn even more, Bring him back for another one TED!

[@warmfuzzy]

It's totally true, I was backstage & he had to come find me because otherwise he'd be late for the thing! -Becky

[@FilmingForYou]

awesome! please come to sweden so that I can be in your show / see you talk.

[@RolePlayJay]

My right ear felt a little left out this time :( I was working on getting him to learn how to be more social so he could social engineer, too.

[@bk148324]

Brian Brushwood is a great speaker

[@thedoctor907]

The last one I use all the time since I work in production. I have not paid or been checked in 7 years even if I am not working.

[@emmywillow6599]

My left ear loved that talk

[@kreassiva9138]

Loved the talk but the polecat experiment seems to be fake. I can't find, plus there is no source.

[@ah072965]

Love scam school, been watching for several years

[@hikek6105]

I know this is old but can you guys repost this? even if you just mirror the audio I'm sure there will still be more people that will come watch this in the future that would enjoy to have audio in both ears...

[@awuwish1]

Really cool insight into what goes on with things like Scam School. I'm always intrigued by the psychology of scamming.

[@DigitalAshTCG]

Brian is a cool ass dude. more of him please! !!

[@anqied]

Wow, I used to watch Scam School like 5 years ago.

[@rudymartin8583]

It's that if you put them through separately then how would TSA know you were bringing two bags?

[@TheConSept]

That last comment about liquids in bags for TSA? Nolonger works BTW.

[@DevilboyScooby]

Alternatively, bring a live fish along, they often make greater liquid allowances.

[@SicMindsInc]

This was so good I watched it 3 times because I wanted it to be longer.

[@nidodson]

Left audio is far stronger than Right audio, TEDx Talks.

[@AdrianChazz]

Wow, this explains the Cable Guy almost down to a tee! He hooks free cable as a favor and in return gets A LOT of accomplice s...

[@Hucgreen]

Mr. Brushwood has two shows on the twit.tv network that are awesome. You really should check them out.

[@zackbillings3433]

Op now it my left depends on which pair of headphones I use

[@m4iler685]

As a small comment for the hare krishnas, I met one once. Got a cookie and when I was about to go away, the girl told me that the "gift" should be reciprocated. I gave the cookie back and bid her farewell. But I'll use it whenever I need something of someone :-D

[@kentharris7427]

I was going 100 MPH on a motorcycle racing a Porsche. The officer told me to pull over after the Porsche was pulled over on his loud speaker. The officer asked me how fast I was going? I replied, "My speedometer doesn't go that high!" The I said "Can you write me a fix it ticket instead?" and the officer replied, "What is wrong with your motorcycle?" I replied " I don't know but I'm sure you can find something wrong with it!" He wrote me up for 70 plus in a 55 and told me not to protest it of the judge would know how fast I was going! He arrested the guy in the Porsche for reckless driving!

[@krnselt]

Only left,audio?

[@elizabethkierere5806]

Why are these all things i do without thinking usually. It shouldn't be taught. It all comes naturally. Right?

[@ryukuro8259]

Enable windows sonic for headphones or mono audio

[@confusedwhale]

I wouldn't call it cutting in line... I'd call it asking to advance. I did it at a restaurant when I only had 30 minutes for lunch and I already spent 10 minutes driving to the place.

[@JustinRobertYoung]

Great talk! Huge fan of Scam School. I'd love to see more of this kind of stuff from Brian.

[@radroatch]

I read this book, does it mean I can get paid to do a talk about it, & I wouldn't have called things like recpilaticon fix action patterns as they are not, they are similar to animals fixed action patterns.

[@TraitorofLightYT]

Very great talk sad that only my left ear can enjoy it tho

[@User_forbidden]

Very helpful 👌

[@Krebzonide]

I didn't know brian did a ted talk. Wish I found this 6 years ago.

[@woggie001]

Why was that one so quiet?

[@AnimilesYT]

KZbin needs a function to turn stereo sound to mono sound.

[@HoshiHikari]

Like 2 luggage bags with 1 liquid bag each?

[@stopusingthis9724]

I went to Rome and saw all the tourist traps. There were guys handing out bracelets and all sorts of pretty neat made in China stuff. I couldn't look at them in the eyes. They made me so nervous.

[@vve2059]

When a gemini learns psychology

[@beanandbiscuits9752]

the use of centralized planning in an attempt to manage social change and regulate the future development and behavior of a society. ITS WHAT KZbin DOES

[@cypal]

Very Good Video, and very interesting information.

[@watchingat2xspeed406]

without sound for me.

[@EngineerAtheist]

Brian's Book Brought Blah Blah Brian!