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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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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 May 2019

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Loren Grush

      Extreme concentration of wealth and elite failure are related the way extreme totalitarianism and fragility go hand-in-hand. The wealth/power bubble means that nobody left around them but sycophants. Nobody to point out their “brilliant” ideas don’t pass high school physics.https://twitter.com/lorengrush/status/1126582358713483264 …

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      Loren GrushVerified account @lorengrush
      Bezos: "If we're out in the solar system, we can have a trillion humans in the solar system, which means we'd have 1000 Mozarts and 1000 Einsteins."
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    2. Ed Miller‏ @EdMillerPoker 10 May 2019
      Replying to @zeynep

      Half the smart people I know say weird stuff like this all the time and don’t really listen when called out by peers. Only the rich ones get their weird thoughts breathlessly reported.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 May 2019
      Replying to @EdMillerPoker

      Yep that’s the smart/knowledgeable in domain, doesn’t understand/accept it doesn’t effortlessly transfer to every other domain trap. I see this all the time among smart/accomplished people. With wealth/power/fame, what hope there’s for corrective mechanisms apparently disappears.

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        2. Ed Miller‏ @EdMillerPoker 10 May 2019
          Replying to @zeynep

          Just gotta hope the weird ideas are mostly harmless

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        3. Anne Onymouse‏ @onymouse_anne 10 May 2019
          Replying to @EdMillerPoker @zeynep

          HHG reference?

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        1.  🌱VAX, N95/KF94, HEPA, MERV13‏ @ElaineVigneault 10 May 2019
          Replying to @zeynep @EdMillerPoker

          To be fair, there are plenty of non-smart in any domain, wealthy and poor, making absurd declarations & getting tons of attention & praise. There’s one guy in particular... 🍊

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        1. next_ghost  💉 💉 💉‏ @next_ghost_cz 10 May 2019
          Replying to @zeynep @EdMillerPoker

          Germans have a word for people who are smart/knowledgeable in one particular domain but don't understand the limits of their narrow expertise: fachidiot.

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