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Tom Standage
Technology Editor, The Economist
Tom Standage is technology editor at The Economist magazine and the author of four history books, A History of the World in Six Glasses (2005), The Mechanical Turk (2002), The Neptune File (2000), and The Victorian Internet (1998), two of which have been serialized as "Book of the Week" on Radio 4. The Victorian Internet was made into a Channel 4 documentary, How the Victorians Wired the World.
Tom has previously covered science and technology for a number of newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, Wired, and Prospect. He holds a degree in Engineering and Computer Science from Oxford University, and is the least musical member of a musical family. He is married and lives in Greenwich, London, with his wife and daughter.
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Posted on Thu Nov 20, 2025, 8:00 am
Books published by The Economist’s journalists in 2025 - The Economist -
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The Economist names its ten trends to watch in 2026 - MSN -
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A look back at last year’s predictions - The Economist -
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The Economist: Tom Standage’s ten trends to watch in 2026 - BizNews -
Posted on Mon Nov 10, 2025, 8:00 am
Tom Standage’s ten trends to watch in 2026 - The Economist -
Posted on Mon Sep 29, 2025, 7:00 am
World-class journalists reporting from the Age of Shit - K7 Bulletin -
Posted on Fri Sep 12, 2025, 7:00 am
The Economist’s Tom Standage Previews Global Trends in “The World Ahead” in L... -
Posted on Wed Nov 20, 2024, 8:00 am
How did our predictions stack up in 2024? - The Economist -
Posted on Mon Nov 18, 2024, 8:00 am
Tom Standage’s ten trends to watch in 2025 - The Economist -
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How we did with last year’s predictions - The Economist -
Posted on Mon Nov 6, 2023, 8:00 am
Tom Standage’s ten trends to watch in 2024 - The Economist -
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Tom Standage on what lies ahead in 2023 - RNZ -
Posted on Wed Jan 11, 2023, 8:00 am
Why & When Myspace Failed - ScreenRant -
Posted on Mon Nov 14, 2022, 8:00 am
Ten trends to watch in the coming year - The Economist -
Posted on Mon Feb 24, 2020, 8:00 am
Audio Articles are Helping News Outlets Gain Loyal Audiences - Nieman Reports -
Posted on Wed Nov 20, 2019, 8:00 am
Renowned Journalist Tom Standage Lectures on History and Drinking - The Colga... -
Posted on Wed Sep 5, 2018, 7:00 am
Waiter, there’s a fork in my soup - The Economist -
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The crooked timber of humanity - The Economist -
Posted on Wed Jul 5, 2017, 7:00 am
The true history of fake news - The Economist -
Posted on Thu Jun 23, 2016, 7:00 am
The return of the machinery question - The Economist
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