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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. Rachael Nevins‏ @RachaelNevins 10 Sep 2020

      Rachael Nevins Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      On 2/28, my family & I began stocking up on groceries so we wld have 2 weeks of food at home b/c of an article by @zeynep. I stood in front of the freezer at the store feeling indescribably strange; no one & nothing else suggested that we ought to be doing such a thing.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1304047170581073920 …

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      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      One of the most striking aspects of groupthink is how a sudden lurch in group consensus can induce group amnesia. I knew of this from history but living through it in a pandemic has been personally mind-blowing. People have already forgotten the Feb/March information environment.
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    2. The Bicoloured-Python-Rock-Snake‏ @pythonrocksnake 10 Sep 2020
      Replying to @RachaelNevins @zeynep

      100% same experience.

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 Sep 2020
      Replying to @pythonrocksnake @RachaelNevins

      I keep hearing these stories and it absolutely makes my day to know that what I wrote was useful to some people. At the time, it felt like shouting into the void. People weren't given sound, practical and orienting guidance even though it wasn't that complicated.

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    4. Rachael Nevins‏ @RachaelNevins 10 Sep 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @pythonrocksnake

      Yes! So useful! & I remember that you wrote something about this kind preparation not being some sort of “prepper” madness, which really helped me w/how very strange I felt.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 Sep 2020
      Replying to @RachaelNevins @pythonrocksnake

      Exactly! Even at the end of February, it was seen as prepper madness and overreaction to prepare for.. a pandemic that, by then, we already knew was spreading among people without symptoms, devastating especially the elderly, and we were absolutely going to get hit. Maddening.

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        1. Rachael Nevins‏ @RachaelNevins 10 Sep 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          Well, from my family in Brooklyn: thank you!!!

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        1. The Bicoloured-Python-Rock-Snake‏ @pythonrocksnake 10 Sep 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @RachaelNevins

          Yes. There's a strange sort of stigma against objectively reasonable emergency preparations. I feel it myself, but I've never understood it. It's pro-social to be prepared so you don't become a burden on others!

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