Presented at
DEF CON 33 (2025),
Aug. 9, 2025, 1 p.m.
(45 minutes).
The accelerating evolution of technology, specifically AI, has created a "meta-system" so complex and intertwined with all domains of knowledge and human life that it effectively operates on a meta-level, shaping our reality and exceeding our control. The meta-system requires collaboration among all of its parts for effect management. We need to think on a meta-level because the meta-system is thinking about us in its own unique terms. We must adopt a "hacker" mindset – thinking critically, creatively, collaboratively, and systematically – to navigate this new reality.
Presenters:
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Richard Thieme / neuralcowboy
as Richard "neuralcowboy" Thieme
Richard Thieme who has published numerous articles and short stories, thirteen books, and has delivered hundreds of speeches. His recent Mobius Trilogy illuminates the impacts of security and intelligence work on practitioners. The trilogy was lauded by a 20-year CIA veteran as one of the five best works of serious spy fiction--ever. He spoke in 2022 at Def Con - which he is an uber-contributor-for the 26th year and keynoted the first two Black Hats. He has keynoted security conferences in 15 countries and clients range from GE, Microsoft, Medtronic, Bank of America, Allstate Insurance, and Johnson Controls to the NSA, FBI, US Dept of the Treasury. Los Alamos National Lab, the Pentagon Security Forum, and the US Secret Service.
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