He is a frequent public speaker, and sought expert for print and broadcast media worldwide. He and his work have been featured in (among others) New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Economist, Nature, Science, NPR, BBC, The Guardian, Le Monde, El Pais, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, WIRED, Ars Technica, and Daily Kos. He is also on the boards of foundations, think tanks and organizations focused on studying the information economy, and advises governments, businesses and NGOs on new economy and information society issues.

He has published eleven books, including the international bestseller ‘Big Data‘ ( co-authored with Kenneth Cukier, translated into more than 20 languages) and the awards-winning ‘Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age‘. He is the author of over a hundred articles and book chapters on the governance of information.

In his spare time, he likes to travel, go to the movies, and learn about architecture.