Professor Columbia University & contributing opinion writer for the NY Times. Latest book THE AGE OF EXTRACTION (the rise of the platforms) (Nov 2025) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691177/the-age-of-extraction-by-tim-wu/https://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3mg3pjfrsfc2zThings could go one of three ways (says the FT)02 Mar 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3pjfrsfc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3md5j3vx6ms27Maybe the reason Trump seems to hate Denmark, Canada, Norway, Minnesota and Vermont so much is that they are nice, decent places that work pretty well -- in other words, the opposite of everything Trump stands for.24 Jan 2026 05:44 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3md5j3vx6ms27https://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3md4hwfs7ys22Airlines are required to list their "all-in" prices, instead of tricking you with a $49 bait price and piling on fees, taxes etc at the final point of sale. Seems to me that's a pretty good model for most if not all of the economy.23 Jan 2026 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3md4hwfs7ys22https://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3md47vq7pvk2vThere is something sad and but funny about Donald Trump inadvertently taking up a left-wing concern -- the plight of the "debanked" and "unbanked" https://www.npr.org/2026/01/22/nx-s1-5685151/trump-jpmorgan-chase-jamie-dimon-debanking23 Jan 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3md47vq7pvk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3maduu7f2jl2o"Antitrust and Industrial Policy: A Misunderstood Relationship." This is a new draft academic paper I've been working on for a while (serious comments welcome). It suggests that the antitrust regime should be understood as a part of the industrial policy toolkit. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=593655719 Dec 2025 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3maduu7f2jl2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m7ktrh6sy22gNetflix? Paramount? They are both terrible for Warner Bros https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/opinion/netflix-paramount-warner-bros.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7U8.rgeg.lNdzpAoeH23X&smid=url-share09 Dec 2025 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ktrh6sy22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m7jb5x7e6s2nThe point of having merger guidelines and structural presumptions is to discourage firms from attempting illegal mergers. Unfortunately Trump has given everyone the impression that they can get their deal through with kickbacks and ass-kissing09 Dec 2025 00:13 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7jb5x7e6s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m7j5klungk2rYou can get my new book at one of these fine vendors https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691177/the-age-of-extraction-by-tim-wu/08 Dec 2025 23:08 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7j5klungk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m7j5ic5xvc2rThe law should send a simple message: Warner Bros, if you want to sell, maybe try finding a buyer who is not a direct competitor?08 Dec 2025 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7j5ic5xvc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m6hpon77os2zIn a sign of how times have changed, in 1959 economists Turner and Keysen proposed a commission to breakup firms "where, for 5 years or more, one company has accounted for 50 percent or more of annual sales in the market, or four or fewer companies have accounted for 80 percent of sales”25 Nov 2025 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6hpon77os2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m6hpijjycs2zMy take on the ruling in the antitrust case against Facebook (Meta) - gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/opinion/meta-facebook-antitrust-ruling.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3U8.QTe1.vgrOCS7uFd6F&smid=url-share25 Nov 2025 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6hpijjycs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m5r6dx22a32mAmazing semi-lost letter from Theodore Roosevelt denouncing paid critics of antitrust and "law-defying corporations of immense wealth who ... expect[] others to treat them beyond and above any possible check from law" https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o268144/16 Nov 2025 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5r6dx22a32mhttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m5ctz3ldd22bLast chance to catch book event in SF this evening -- https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-11-10/tim-wu-age-extraction11 Nov 2025 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ctz3ldd22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m5cqjw4gls2sHad a great show today on my fave radio show from when I lived in SF -- KQED Forum -- listen here. https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101911952/click-scroll-surrender-tim-wu-warns-against-the-rise-of-big-data-in-the-age-of-extraction10 Nov 2025 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5cqjw4gls2shttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m5cmjuol4c2sThe craziest thing about the Senate D capitulation is that the Trump administration was taking the blame and showing weakness in so many ways, including losing elections. What a time to fold!10 Nov 2025 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5cmjuol4c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m5cdhmwmss2sIn San Francisco and experiencing that feeling when you realize you've been exposed to way too much propaganda. I mean ut has always had bad areas but remains a beautiful and vibrant city to stroll around in.10 Nov 2025 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5cdhmwmss2shttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m4wnfaqhis23Eleven years ago Zephyr Teachout and I ran a campaign against Cuomo to uproot the corruption he had brought to New York and his lack of respect for the democratic process. Yesterday was a good day! https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2014/06/teachout-cuomos-economic-policy-boils-down-to-favors-01370506 Nov 2025 03:41 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4wnfaqhis23https://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m4ojit5d722zWish this was a better photo of Barry Lynn, Lina Khan, myself and Jonathan Kanter but it certainly captures a lot of recent anti-monopoly thinking in one frame02 Nov 2025 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ojit5d722zhttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m4gjkuqa6k2sBook tour starting next week -- coming to a city near you (probably) timwu.net#booktour https://timwu.net/#booktour30 Oct 2025 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4gjkuqa6k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m4byfaqwsc24The American framers and thinkers of that time were so well versed in Roman history and the dynamics that led republics to perpetual dictatorship -- this generation more likely to think the problem with Caesar is that the buffet is overpriced https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2024/12/04/vegas-buffet-review-caesars-palace-bacchanal/28 Oct 2025 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4byfaqwsc24https://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m44xwrdatk23NY Times essay adapted from my new book, "The Age of Extraction." Gift link here: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/opinion/big-tech-platforms-reform.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wU8.M2-t.pN8zRWUq-RNL&smid=url-share26 Oct 2025 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m44xwrdatk23https://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m37uemx2gk2xIf you are around Oxford (UK) I'm giving a talk at the law school this Thursday at 12 at the IECL seminar room. Topic is: "The Servile State revisited" -- it is reconsideration of distributism as an alternative to brutal capitalism and communism. Open to public15 Oct 2025 08:49 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m37uemx2gk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m2s4xizbf22hI used to work in the NY AG's office. The federal indictment of Letitia James is disgusting and embarrassing. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/09/us/trump-news09 Oct 2025 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2s4xizbf22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m2m6a3mwtk2oLas Vegas is a microcosm of the broader US economy. Mergers have led to duopoly/oligopoly. A corporate extraction imperative leads to price hikes where hotels / casinos to target big spenders. Short-term profit but longterm cost to the broader ecosystem https://nytimes.com/2025/10/01/travel/las-vegas-tourism.html07 Oct 2025 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2m6a3mwtk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m2kf2gmw3c2xBusiness has long depended on emotional attachment as strategy to create switching costs. (E.g., Cadillac). Seems utterly obvious that despite their ethical commitments, the intentional engineering of AIs to generate human emotional attachment will soon be mainstream.06 Oct 2025 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2kf2gmw3c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m2ketocbo22xIf the shutdown yields nothing, when health insurance premiums soar as projected, who do Republicans think Americans will blame? Obama?06 Oct 2025 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ketocbo22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m2ccd7txac2gFinalized my 2025 book tour! Coming through New York, DC, Chicago, Toronto, San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, Oxford and Cambridge. Click here for details: timwu.net#booktour03 Oct 2025 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ccd7txac2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m2caesikbc2dFor my new book, THE AGE OF EXTRACTION, here is the UK cover and the USA cover. Curious which people prefer.03 Oct 2025 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2caesikbc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/superwuster.bsky.social/post/3m2c6ujp2722eFrom last week's meeting of winning progressive campaigns in UK/Canada/Australia - Left-leaning parties need tap into national pride, specifically concerning healthcare or threats to economic wellbeing; - Focus on affordability and economics essential; must resist distractions.03 Oct 2025 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:5wkfifqtsvf7gjdytx3nzhsm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2c6ujp2722e