How the Powerful Hack the System
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Hacking is more than just a term for rogue programmers breaking into computer systems. Bruce Schneier, adjunct lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School, thinks hacking goes well beyond the digital realm. Tax accountants hack the tax code by finding loopholes for their clients. Silicon Valley hacks the taxi system with rideshare companies. And now, the biggest tech companies are using artificial intelligence to hack their way further into our lives. His latest book, “A Hacker’s Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society’s Rules, and How to Bend Them Back,” explores the ways that society is manipulated by those seeking and exploiting loopholes.
On this episode of Behind the Book, Bruce Schneier discusses how hacking has become so prevalent in so many areas of society, and how we can rebuild our political, economic and legal systems to resist it.
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