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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. Dr. Abdul El-Sayed‏Verified account @AbdulElSayed 14 Apr 2021

      Dr. Abdul El-Sayed Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      I deeply respect @Zeynep's thinking. But persisting Q: Punditry itself is an intervention on public narrative. When are ppl with platforms responsible for a message when it involves life/death? One can't solve the collective action problem of public info, but perhaps not worsen?https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1382374842272481288 …

      Dr. Abdul El-Sayed added,

      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      Gatekeepers—even weakened—and public health authorities have a huge role to play but the question is way beyond "message". It's about developing capacity for this new public sphere. Constantly saying "listen to experts" (which ones?) doesn't address this. https://twitter.com/matthewherper/status/1382369855861616642 …
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    2. Dr. Abdul El-Sayed‏Verified account @AbdulElSayed 14 Apr 2021

      Imagine a small fire in part of a large building. Authorities decided to evacuate the building. Everyone has mobile phones--but a few people have access to the intercom. What would we say if the intercom operater decided to use the intercom to second-guess the authorities?

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    3. Dr. Abdul El-Sayed‏Verified account @AbdulElSayed 14 Apr 2021

      Sure, the authorities should recognize that if the fire is too small and easily put out , it might shake public trust in their leadership. And some people may try to stay in the building--especially after false alarms. But SURELY the operators would be held blameworthy, no?

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    4. Dr. Abdul El-Sayed‏Verified account @AbdulElSayed 14 Apr 2021

      One frustration w/ pundits is that they hold others morally responsible for making really tough calls and assume that their own actions are amoral, when in fact there's a responsibility implied in their punditry, too.

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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Apr 2021
      Replying to @AbdulElSayed

      My point is that a lot of these cycles of outrage focus on a few individuals (like that anchor bringing up Silver) when: 1)Any single person is not a big problem (goes for everyone—nobody is that important); 2)The answer isn't "listen to experts" (rest of thread: which experts?).

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Apr 2021
      Replying to @zeynep @AbdulElSayed

      Media Twitter has its own favored targets and increasingly media and parts of the public health Twitter have its own few targets (key: they are few, not who) when, the problem is really not about those few targets, and it ends up looking like a intra-elite/pundit/media jostling.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Apr 2021
      Replying to @zeynep @AbdulElSayed

      (I'm focused on how do we develop capacity for this new public sphere? I think these cycles of outrage focused on few, repeated famous targets undermine it all further tbh because of that "intra" part regardless of what people think about the appropriateness of targets.)

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        2. Dr. Abdul El-Sayed‏Verified account @AbdulElSayed 14 Apr 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          I agree—public health messaging needs to be rethought for this moment. But I also think folks are right to call out pundits for misusing their platforms. They collectively wield influence that they hide behind the info collective action problem to avoid responsibility for.

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        3. Dr. Abdul El-Sayed‏Verified account @AbdulElSayed 14 Apr 2021
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          Also @zeynep - would love to have you on. My @crookedmedia podcast to talk about this—rethinking public health messaging for the 21st century if you’re game!

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