James W. Cortada is a historian who has written over a dozen books on the role of information in modern societies. He is a senior research fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota—Twin Cities. His most recent book is Beyond the Facts: Tacit Knowledge and the Hidden Infrastructure of Our Informed Times(Bloomsbury, 2025). This builds on his related study, Today’s Facts: Understanding the Current Evolution of Information (Rowman & Littlefield, 2025). He may be reached at [email protected].