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Tom Chatfield

Tom Chatfield is a British author. His most recent book, “Netymology”, explores language and technology. He blogs at tomchatfield.net and tweets at @TomChatfield

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Artificial intelligence

Daniel Dennett: 'Civilisation is fragile'

By Tom Chatfield

Are you being "played" in a game? (Credit: Getty Images)
Long Reads

Are you being played right now?

By Tom Chatfield
Would you take the red pill or the blue pill? (Credit: Getty Images)
In Depth

The man rethinking reality

By Tom Chatfield
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Psychology

Why we believe fake news

By Tom Chatfield
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Deep Civilisation

A simple rule for predicting the future

By Tom Chatfield
An energy-saving bulb production line at a lighting factory in Suining, southwest China's Sichuan province (Credit: Getty Images)
Deep Civilisation

A very, very long view of technology

By Tom Chatfield
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Future Now

The new words for how we use our phones

By Tom Chatfield
One of the problems with big data is that the present moment will always loom far larger than even the recent past (Credit: iStock)
Life:Connected

The biggest problem with big data

By Tom Chatfield
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Life:Connected

The invisible ways Facebook controls us

By Tom Chatfield
We don't really 'log on' anymore (Credit: iStock)
Life:Connected

Is the internet inescapable?

By Tom Chatfield
When Ray Tomlinson added the symbol to email, he couldn't have predicted the global impact (Credit: iStock)
Life:Connected

How do you say @ in other languages?

By Tom Chatfield
How do we automate life in a smart way? (Credit: Getty Images)
Life:Connected

The biggest myth about computers

By Tom Chatfield

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