A Hacker's Mind

They say that rules are made to be broken, but more often rules are gamed, finessed, worked around, or subverted-in short, hacked. No one is better equipped than Bruce Schneier to explain how this often-perverse use of human ingenuity can undermine the institutions that civilized life depends on. A Hacker's Mind is an important source of new insights on the forces that can sap the vigor and integrity of modern society. -- Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of Rationality A Hacker's Mind brilliantly explains how our society and democracy are being shaped by people taking the 'hacking' mentality into realms that weren't designed to be hacked. Bruce Schneier shows how hacking, the tool of the rebel and the outsider, can also be used by the rich and powerful to win in business and politics, at great cost to the civic commitment needed for our free society. A great read and an important book! -- Timothy H. Edgar, author of Beyond Snowden An essential new perspective on hacking: the bad and the ugly, but also a surprisingly optimistic way of using a hacker mentality to solve society's complex problems. -- Marietje Schaake, international policy director at Stanford University Cyber Policy Center and member of European Parliament, 2009-2019 By uncovering how the rich, powerful, and clever are misusing our institutions for their own gain, A Hacker's Mind will transform how you think about the challenges our society faces and how to fix them. Erudite and funny, Bruce Schneier's book is a must-read for anyone concerned about our democracy in the digital and data age. -- Beth Simone Noveck, author of Solving Public Problems