He is the author of two previous books: Communicative Action and Rational Choice, which won the Canadian Philosophical Association Book Prize for 2003, and The Efficient Society, a Maclean's and Globe and Mail bestseller selected by the Globe as one of the best books of 2001. He writes a monthly column for the journal Policy Options and is a frequent contributor to The Montreal Gazette. Andrew Potter is a research fellow at the Centre de Recherche en Éthique de l'Université de Montréal (CREUM), where he studies philosophical issues regarding the Internet, technology, and consumer society. His work has appeared in the National Post, the Ottawa Citizen and The Wilson Quarterly, and he is on the editorial board of the alternative journal of politics and culture, This Magazine. Andrew Potter lives in Montreal.