#50: A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back with Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a “security guru” by The Economist. He is the author of over one dozen books—including his latest, A Hacker’s Mind—as well as hundreds of articles, essays, and academic papers. His influential newsletter “Crypto-Gram” and his blog “Schneier on Security” are read by over 250,000 people.
How does hacking reinforce expositing power structures?What is the difference between hacking and cheating?How 'Societal Hacks Are Often Normalized' and how big financial companies often look for hacks.How do the rich and powerful use luxury real estate as a hack?When does being 'Too Big To Fail' also become a hack?How do companies such as Uber and Wework benefit from Venture Capitalism as a hack?Hacking political systems: money & politics.Cognitive Hacks and will Artificial Intelligence be able to hack our minds?
He has testified before Congress, is a frequent guest on television and radio, has served on several government committees, and is regularly quoted in the press. Schneier is a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School; a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and AccessNow; and an Advisory Board Member of the Electronic Privacy Information Center and VerifiedVoting.org.
I spoke to Him about his latest book A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back
Some of the topics we discussed includes:The Book and Audiobook: A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back is out now.
You can also find out more about Bruce and his projects via his website: https://www.schneier.com/blog/about/
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