#50: A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back with Bruce Schneier

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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.
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:

• 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?

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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