Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to ThriveIn today's hyper-connected society, understanding the mechanisms of trust is crucial. Issues of trust are critical to solving problems as diverse as corporate responsibility, global warming, and the political system. In this insightful and entertaining book, Schneier weaves together ideas from across the social and biological sciences to explain how society induces trust. He shows the unique role of trust in facilitating and stabilizing human society. He discusses why and how trust has evolved, why it works the way it does, and the ways the information society is changing everything. |
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User Review - Skybalon - LibraryThingSort of interesting book, but with some significant problems. First of all the book is a very academic study of trust in relationship to society. And while the author attempts to make it occasionally ... Read full review
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User Review - Lyndatrue - LibraryThingA slight preface: When Scott Adams left his job, and decided to write Dilbert full time, he quit being funny. It didn't even take that long. I still have some of the old strips, and they're still ... Read full review
Contents
A Natural History of Security | |
The Evolution of Cooperation | |
A Social History of Trust | |
Societal Dilemmas | |
Institutional Pressures | |
Security Systems | |
Securitys Diminishing Returns | |
Competing Interests | |
Organizations | |
Corporations | |
Institutions | |
How Societal Pressures Fail | |
Societal Pressures | |
TradeOff | |
Moral Pressures | |
Reputational Pressures | |
Technological Advances | |
The Future | |
Acknowledgments | |
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Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive Bruce Schneier Limited preview - 2012 |
Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust That Society Needs to Thrive Custom ... Schneier No preview available - 2013 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive |
| Author | Bruce Schneier |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons, 2012 |
| ISBN | 1118239016, 9781118239018 |
| Length | 384 pages |
| Subjects | › › Computers / Networking / General Social Science / Sociology / General |
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