James W. Cortada is a Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota—Minneapolis. He holds a Ph.D. in modern history and spent nearly 4 decades working at IBM in various sales, managerial, and research positions. His most recent books include Building Blocks of Society: History, Information Ecosystems, and Infrastructures (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021), with William Aspray, Authenticity: Understanding Misinformation Through the Study of Heritage Tourism (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022), Birth of Modern Facts: How the Information Evolution Transformed Academic Research. Governments, and Businesses (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023), and Today’s Facts: Understanding the Current Evolution of Information (Rowman & Littlefield, 2025).
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