The Man Who Hacked the World: A Ghostwriter’s Descent into Madness with John McAfee

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Alex never felt at home, though he had a house and a family. Alex never felt understood, though he thought his intentions were pure. He wanted to find truth through the lies and healing through the pain that was John McAfee’s life. He thought that through the confusion surrounding John, he could find clarity within himself.

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The Man Who Hacked the World

In one chilling moment on one of Foster's tapes, McAfee seemingly alludes to the idea he murdered his abusive father at the age of 17, getting away with the killing for decades, seemingly without consequence. Trying to find this ‘better’ within John McAfee, he spent the craziest 6 months of his life living along side one of the most wanted and infamous men in the world. He thought he could understand himself better through understanding the enigma of John McAfee.

Finishing this book, we discern that it’s the selfishness, betrayal, and loss within himself that keep him from the oneness, truth, and beauty of love for himself and others.

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She looked at me seriously. "No," she said. "This is very impressive, and trust me, it takes a lot to impress me, kid. How old are you?" Despite the adrenaline rush of being a guest witness to this life and lifestyle, everyone has a line that they draw. For Foster, this finally came in the latter half of 2018, when he became privy to a rape accusation against McAfee from a trusted source, of someone he had befriended over the course of his research and investigation into the businessman's life. John McAfee was a superwealthy antivirus software entrepreneur, a third-place contender for the 2016 Libertarian Party presidential nomination, and an internationally notorious scoundrel, drug user, and accused murderer who died in a Spanish prison in 2021. His death was declared a suicide, though he had preemptively declared both publicly and privately that if he died in custody, his friends should assume he had been murdered. Dogged original research and superb narrative skills come together in this gripping account of pitiless evil. Alex, inspired by the story of the power of love by one of the homeless men he interviewed, began spreading love within the homeless community. He bought Honey Buns and gave them out for free. He gave money to the homeless, all the while being homeless himself.