#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)