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 - steve02476 - LibraryThingSome good stuff, but the writing and editing left something to be desired. Not a long book, but could have been half the size and still conveyed the same info - especially if you got rid of the repetitive charts. Read full review
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User Review - spisaacs - LibraryThingReally informative look at the what helps members of society act rationally and allows society to function. Schneier explains many of the commons models of trust that exist at different layers of ... Read full review
Contents
THE REAL WORLD | 137 |
Organizations | 155 |
Corporations | 173 |
Institutions | 195 |
Technological Advances | 225 |
The Future | 243 |
References | 289 |
About the Author | 349 |
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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 | 382 pages |
| Subjects | › › Computers / Networking / General Social Science / Sociology / General |
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