#316 - Bruce Schneier on A HACKER'S MIND

Renowned security technologist and New York Times bestselling author Bruce Schneier chats with Trey Elling about A HACKER'S MIND: HOW THE POWERFUL BEND SOCIETY'S RULES, AND HOW TO BEND THEM BACK. Topics include: A definition of hacking (1:03) The “Double Irish with a Dutch Sandwich” tax hack (2:30) Defending against ‘bad’ hacks (3:34) Why kids are such natural hackers (9:06) Hacking the airlines (12:05) Hacking sports (18:09) Hacking heaven in the 1500s (24:51) A simple computer financial exchange hack (26:47) Luxury real estate as a money-laundering hack for the super-rich (28:05) ‘Too big to fail’ as a hack (29:29) Venture Capital funding as a hack (34:36) How Uber hacks the system (37:09) How elected officials hack lawmaking (39:20) Why US elections are so expensive (42:39) Antitrust laws as a solutions to social media companies hacking cognitive systems (49:20) Solving the political bot problems (52:22) How AI will take hacking to a completely different level (54:55)