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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Dec 2018

    zeynep tufekci Retweeted Will Oremus

    This is exactly right. Some of the questions were indeed terrible, but many of the things they're confused about—well, so is everyone else. Tech CEOs get confused about products of their own companies. It's confusing because it *is* confusing, partly on purpose.https://twitter.com/WillOremus/status/1072668349304332290 …

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    Will OremusVerified account @WillOremus
    I argue here that Congress’s confusion about Google and privacy is really an argument *for* regulation. https://slate.com/technology/2018/12/google-congress-hearing-sundar-pichai-confusion-regulation.html …
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      2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Dec 2018

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

        This was the case with Zuckerberg's testimony, too.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/983807737296490496 …

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        zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
        Look, Senators have smart people briefing them, and they have tried to ask reasonable questions. But they often get lost in the details and that's the point. An ordinary person *cannot* meaningfully consent to this level of complexity and obscurity. https://twitter.com/ASankin/status/983799338676596742 …
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      3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Dec 2018

        Remember Zuck got things wrong about his Facebook's products and Pichai evaded basic questions. I follow this stuff for a living and I'm confused. Last week, people were wondering about microphones in mattresses🙄, and it wasn't baseless. It's the situation that's unacceptable.

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      2. Fatih Erikli‏ @fthrkl 11 Dec 2018
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        on purpose, tech CEOs don't understand anything at all. hepsi patates

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      2. Steven M. Bellovin‏Verified account @SteveBellovin 11 Dec 2018
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        The question, then, is this: if the material is so complex that neither legislators nor tech CEOs understand it, who is qualified to draft a reasonable law? Are there enough people who are tech-savvy enough *and* legislation-savvy enough *and* in a position to draft a real bill?

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      1. kiwitrump‏ @kiwitrump 11 Dec 2018
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        poor ol @sundarpichai, tonight he's being debriefed by his CIA handlers on Dragonfly

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      1. Salim  🍑‏ @MimiDigital 11 Dec 2018
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        You know who DOES know how things work? The people on the ground actually doing the work. However, they aren't the face(s) of these companies and don't/shouldn't have to speak to it. So, nobody's really trying to get to the bottom of anything.

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      1. Ryan Patch‏ @d_ryan_patch 11 Dec 2018
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        Relevant: https://youtu.be/anSPG0TPf84 

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      1. Craig Danuloff (TPC)‏ @CraigDTPC 12 Dec 2018
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        Would agree perhaps if this were a casual conversation. It was a critical one and their job - no excuse to be unprepared and waste the time and opportunity because they or staff didn't choose relevant questions.

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