The Falcon's View

» Notes on "The Psychology of Security" from The Falcon's View
I recently read Daniel Gilbert's Stumbling on Happiness (I blog briefly about it here), which got me to thinking about the tricks the brain plays on us and how this might apply to security. Interestingly, not long after that Dr.... [Read More]

» Freud: The Future of an Illusion from The Falcon's View
I recently completed reading Freud's "The Future of an Illusion", which is essentially a diatribe against religion in society, on the premise that we've evolved beyond the point of needing it. He makes some interesting points, such as that rules... [Read More]

» Notes on Cialdini's Influence from The Falcon's View
"Because technology can evolve much faster than we can, our natural capacity to process information is likely to be increasingly inadequate to handle the surfeit of change, choice, and challenge that is characteristic of modern life. More and more freq... [Read More]