Name: Liars and Outliers
ISBN: 9781118143308

Bruce Schneier

Argues society requires trust in order to function, describes how society creates and maintains that trust through societal pressures, and discusses what happens when those pressures fail.

Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive

Liars and Outliers

Ali Saleh

Umit Yalcin Sen

In 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.

Liars and Outliers Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive