A phool sees isolated examples of phishing, but does not appreciate the extent of professionalism devoted to it, nor how deeply this professionalism affects lives. Sadly, a lot of us have been phools – including Akerlof and me, which is why we wrote this book.
大多数人都曾经被“下过饵”——就是那些专门设计来蒙骗我们的邮件和电话。而一个“愚人”则是那个并未意识到钓鱼行为其实无所不在的人。他们只看到互不关联的钓鱼个案，却不知道其中已经包含了大量的专业性工作，同时这些专业性工作又是如何影响人们生活的。不幸的是，许多人都曾经是“愚人”——包括阿克罗夫和我，这也是我们写这本书的原因。