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Mindf*ck: Inside Cambridge Analytica’s Plot to Break the World is a memoir written by Christopher Wylie, a Canadian whistleblower who formerly worked as a data consultant at Cambridge Analytica(CA) and its parent company Strategic Communication Laboratories(SCL). The book is pretty much about Cambridge Analytica's efforts to create psychological weapons and their effect on Brexit and Donald Trump's presidential campaign . Cover of Mindf*ck The book starts with Wylie's hearing at Capitol Hill, Washington DC about potential Russian involvement and data breach to influence the American voters. After this part, Wylie tells about his childhood in Canada, how his fondness for computers grew, how he joined the Liberal Party in Canada. Then he describes his career in England. Prior to joining SCL, he worked for the Liberal Democrats in London. After that starts the most interesting part, his involvement in SCL. SCL mainly worked for military and intelligence contracts. Wylie worke...