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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 book “No One Makes You Shop At Wal-Mart” is a left-wing game-theoretical investigation of individual choice that has been used in university economics, philosophy and sociology courses. He blogs at http://www.tomslee.net.

Essays & Reviews

In Praise of Fake Reviews

By Tom SleeOctober 29, 2014
Yelp's self-interest, rather than any objective set of criteria, is what determines a "real" review.
Essays & Reviews

Charity Assets

By Tom SleeNovember 1, 2013
Pierre Omidyar’s journalistic venture is another of his efforts to fuse philanthropy with profit
Essays & Reviews

Open Wide

By Tom SleeJune 12, 2013
Are digital and urban commons alike doomed to feed the hand that bites them?
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