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)

Episode 295: Best of the World Record Podcast Volume 2 Part 1