Tim Wu
Tim Wu is an author, policy advocate, and professor at Columbia University, best known for coining the term “net neutrality.” His previous books include Who Controls the Internet?, which he co-authored with Jack Goldsmith, The Master Switch, The Attention Merchants, and The Curse of Bigness. He formerly wrote for Slate, where he won the Lowell Thomas Gold Medal for Travel Journalism, and his writing appears in publications like The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. Wu lives in New York.
Writers & Books
Award History
2026 - Finalist
Balsillie Prize for Public Policy
forThe Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity
Jury Citation
“Tim Wu’s latest book is a thorough and brilliant examination of the ways in which tech platforms continue to consolidate power, fuel income inequality, and shift our social, political, and economic landscapes. A bracing account of the damage — real and potential — that the tech sector’s growing influence and dominance is having on our lives and how it threatens to upend our future. The Age of Extraction is more than a rallying cry: it is a manifesto for change. Wu’s book is necessary reading not just for all levels of government but for anyone who has ever ordered a package via Amazon, googled a search term, shopped online, streamed a movie, or consumed social media. It is the kind of prescient book future generations will wish we heeded.”—2026 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy Jury (Raymond B. Blake, Samantha Nutt, and Scott Young)Works Recognized by WT