Nick Seaver

Anthropologist, Tufts University



I study how people use technology to make sense of cultural things. I teach in the Department of Anthropology at Tufts University, where I also direct the program in Science, Technology, and Society.


My first book is about the people who make music recommender systems and how they think about music, listening, and listeners. It’s called Computing Taste, and it was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2022.
         I’m working on a new book about the many meanings of attention today, from neural networks to the new tech humanism. Its working title is Attention Fragments, and it’s under contract with the University of Chicago Press.
        In the 2024–25 academic year, I’m on sabbatical and a fellow with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard. I am also currently a Canadian Institute for Advanced Research fellow, in their Future Flourishing Program. 
September 2024