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ATL-based freelance journalist. MPH. Mostly politics & public health. Bylines in @Nytimes, @NPR, @NatGeo, @STATnews, @thedailybeast. @UNFoundation Fellow

Atlanta, GA
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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Dec 2016

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted

      Great to honor such people. But "he" alone didn't eradicate smallpox. It was a large number of people, organizations and sustained effort. https://twitter.com/gavinjohnadams/status/813873148714164224 …

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Dec 2016
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      Our stories & movies center heroes—and many such people exist. Institutions, orgs and sustained collective work are less Hollywood-friendly.

      1 reply 24 retweets 61 likes
    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Dec 2016
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      Take any heroic act that changed the world, you'll find an enormous amount of work, a lot of organization and even... bureaucracies. yeah.

      2 replies 36 retweets 109 likes
    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Dec 2016
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      It may seem like what we need is more heroes. Most of the time, what's missing is the organizations for the "heroes" to work with.

      5 replies 27 retweets 61 likes
    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Dec 2016
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      So it's great to honor people like Dr.Henderson—but also remember the massive organization he led. That's what worked. Not any person alone.

      2 replies 7 retweets 27 likes
    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Dec 2016
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      By the way, a favorite quote from Brecht's "Life of Galileo."https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/352512388148375554 …

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      Andrea: "Unhappy is the land that breeds no hero." Galileo: "No, Andrea: Unhappy is the land that needs a hero."—B. Brecht, Life of Galileo.
      1 reply 12 retweets 40 likes
    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Dec 2016
      Replying to @zeynep

      "Never doubt that most hero narratives ignore the huge amount of collective effort by *tons* of people you never heard of"—not as quotable.😀

      4 replies 14 retweets 66 likes
      Patrick Adams‏ @jpatadams 28 Dec 2016
      Replying to @zeynep

      Well said, tho worth noting: DAH himself took pains to recognize efforts of vaccinators etc, a big reason for effort's success.

      11:21 AM - 28 Dec 2016
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