THOMAS E. WEBER is a veteran writer, editor, and newsroom execu-
tive with a lifelong interest in how science and technology shape society.
He was The Wall Street Journal’s first internet columnist and later became
a bureau chief for the paper. As executive editor of Time, he supervised
the magazine’s feature journalism. Tom has taught journalism and pub-
lishing at Columbia University and New York University as well as at his
alma mater, Princeton University. He lives in New York City with his
wife.