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A review by brewdy_reader
A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back by Bruce Schneier
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ โข ๐๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ โข ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค๐ด โข ๐๐ด๐บ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ โข ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ด
Iโll start by saying this is not what I thought it would be about. This is not a Robin Hood story about how the computer geeks stick it to the man; rather, this is a much broader discussion of how corporations and wealthy individuals systemically manipulate and circumvent rules/laws/contracts for personal gain.
Many of these loopholes become normalized & accepted, which ultimately further stratifies wealth and power dynamics. Whatโs the diff between cheating the system and taking advantage of a flaw.
Although dry, the chapters are very short, making the book more accessible to those amongst us who are challenged by non-fiction attention deficit challenges.
I found some chapters fascinating and others dry & textbook-like, but the subjects are diverse: hedge fund tactics (high frequency trading), cognitive hacks used by ads and social media to trick our brains, casino and ATM hacks, adversarial AI, and even airline and travel hacking. I geeked out ๐ค. I'd recommend it if you appreciate academic style non-fiction with each chapter formatted as a brief case-study into a specific subtopic.
Iโll start by saying this is not what I thought it would be about. This is not a Robin Hood story about how the computer geeks stick it to the man; rather, this is a much broader discussion of how corporations and wealthy individuals systemically manipulate and circumvent rules/laws/contracts for personal gain.
Many of these loopholes become normalized & accepted, which ultimately further stratifies wealth and power dynamics. Whatโs the diff between cheating the system and taking advantage of a flaw.
Although dry, the chapters are very short, making the book more accessible to those amongst us who are challenged by non-fiction attention deficit challenges.
I found some chapters fascinating and others dry & textbook-like, but the subjects are diverse: hedge fund tactics (high frequency trading), cognitive hacks used by ads and social media to trick our brains, casino and ATM hacks, adversarial AI, and even airline and travel hacking. I geeked out ๐ค. I'd recommend it if you appreciate academic style non-fiction with each chapter formatted as a brief case-study into a specific subtopic.