Eleven years ago, I received an irresistible inviation. Would I be interested in riding a rollercoaster at Six Flags with Steven Colbert and talk to him about the Constitution? It was fun, he sent me a nice note and a bucket of ice cream, and that was that. It never
When I was in college, my roommates' standup improv comedy troupe (The Purple Crayon) was a staple of life. I spent many nights in my four years in college laughing hilariously at a dozen college kids throwing around wild ideas and responding prompts. One of those students was Chris
David Seligman is one of my favorite candidates in the country He's running for Colorado Attorney General with absolutely no fear of criticizing the Democratic Party when they sell working people out. (By name, like Governor Polis). Last weekend, in the first real vote of the 2026 Democratic
When Tim Wu and I ran for office as innocents 11 years ago, we were determined to make antitrust part of our platform. We even held an event for ripping up monopolist cable bills. But it was hard to break through--while people understood that corporate power was crushing them,
As this year ends, and AI slop is everywhere, I’ve been feeling very grateful that I have the freedom to think and write. I wanted to share four pieces I wrote this year that I’m especially proud of. Each one demands that we start looking at power, who
(Here is a piece I wrote for the Financial Times about the geopolitics of artificial intelligence. If you are still looking for a Christmas or Holiday gift, consider my new book "The Age of Extraction" recently on New Yorker Magazine's list of best books of 2025)
(This is Tim Wu with a note on the Warner Bros merger. My new book The Age Extraction is a great present for any policy wonk or tech critic in your family, and was just named one of New Yorker Magazine's best books of 2025.) This week, two
Hi, this is Tim Wu, taking over for Zephyr with a note on the Facebook case that was dismissed last week. If we are not acquainted, I am a professor at Columbia University and the author of a number of books related to tech and antimonopoly, including The Curse of
Hi friends, I’ll be at Chatham Bookstore in Columbia County this Saturday talking about Joe Costello’s terrific new book on the power, technology, and democracy in the 21st century. If you’re in the area, I’d love to see you--sign up here. I also wanted to
Wu’s book argues that we built platforms, but the wrong kind. We need platforms of course, but making them essential and extractive at the same time is a real problem.
Dear friends, I've been teaching a class called The Law of Democracy for over a decade now, using a casebook that is taught around the country. As the whole structure of government teeters, and people have been disgusted with corruption for decades, it can feel a little strange,
People often ask where to give money, and I always find it hard to answer. For me, the real test is whether someone has actually stood up to corporate power when it was risky to do so, not when it was safe or symbolic. That test narrows the field pretty