Hype pioneer P.T. Barnum knew that we enjoy the failed attempts to fool us at least as much as we like being fooled. Charles Baxter on the “sociopathic” showman’s memoir in Lapham’s Quarterly.
Hype pioneer P.T. Barnum knew that we enjoy the failed attempts to fool us at least as much as we like being fooled. Charles Baxter on the “sociopathic” showman’s memoir in Lapham’s Quarterly.
