And because those systems require humans to respond in order to defend against attacks, it is easier for the norms to evolve to allow the hacks. Recent politics serves as an example of this, in the way Donald Trump was able to successfully push against social and political norms. I have largely avoided using him as an example in this book, because he’s so politically charged. But the example he provides here is too illustrative to ignore. Society has a mechanisms to repair soft violations of its norms—public shaming, political pushback, journalism, and transparency—and they largely work. Trump
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