The world owes Bruce Schneier. Many people are smart. He is one of those that actually try to use their skills to help us all. He does not need to do that. Somebody with his skills could do whatever he wants. Work? Ha. A couple of little things in the 90s that would still pay his bills. Done. I really appreciate if people with his skillset and area of expertise to write for us muggles. As gushing as I am here I feel the need to say that I am dead serious and not in the slightest bit sarcastic. If more people would have read his piece about information warfare we would be in much better shape. Actually Corona would kill much less people.
Countries like Russia and China have sophisticated operations to manipulate the American mind. You and me. And they are doing really well. Part of why it works is that we all individually are either unaware, or if we are are convinced that it would not work on us. That we could look right through it. We do, but we see nothing, cat memes or whatever. But not the fact that we are nudged into disliking Hillary or thinking that bathroom gender use is the biggest most important topic there is.