The Best of zeynep tufekci
7 most popular zeynep tufekci articles, as voted by our community.
Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @Columbia professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter @insight http://www.theinsight.org
zeynep tufekci on Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking isn't Just a Process
Authoritarian muscle memory and the twists and turns of lying
zeynep tufekci on Science
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Balancing Epistemic Humility and Prior Knowledge
This was a textbook virus. Why didn't we act more like it?
«Public health people have faced a frustrating conundrum: How do we work, how do we take sensible steps, when every shred of success, every shard of luck, and every improvement becomes a weapon against reality and against sensible precaution? It’s hard.»
Ten Questions the Press Should Have Asked President Biden
A socially distant press conference shouldn't mean distance from the most important story
Is This a Coup? Introducing The Counter
I present my own essay on the dangers of the moment and a strong counterargument against it
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