Tom Slee writes about the intersections of technology, politics, and economics. He has a PhD in theoretical chemistry, a long career in the software industry, and his 2006 book “No One Makes You Shop at Wal-Mart” is a left-wing game-theoretical investigation of individual choice and its problems that has been used in university economics, philosophy, and sociology courses.

Recently, Tom has commented extensively about issues surrounding open data, the sharing economy and digital reputation, including pieces in The New Inquiry, Jacobin, and The Literary Review of Canada, as well as on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.