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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 14 Dec 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      Problem with that Atlantic piece many are mad about is not that the author represents views of Americans who oppose public health measures or are ignoring COVID—it's that it *does not*. It's a typical finely-tuned *professional* performance of "I'm real America". Uninformative.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1470820825586614273 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      Replying to @michaelmina_lab
      I’m all for publishing a wide range of views. But I think that piece doesn’t represent much of anything. It certainly doesn’t represent most Americans—even those who oppose some measures. He’s performing “I represent real America”—as a professional act, and not doing it well.
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Dec 2021

      Here's the clearest tell. The author skips over the topic of vaccination. You can bet he's vaccinated. That deliberate silence is like how like Tucker Carlson demures on the topic—not because he's shy. It's almost solely the foot-soldiers of the anti-vaccine movement who die.

      14 replies 37 retweets 396 likes
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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Dec 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jared Brewer

      Well, I didn't say talented but yeah, that's exactly right. This has little to do with "real America"—just performative baiting of the same professional circles he's part of, but from the other end, to get everyone mad and, well. Yes. It works for that.https://twitter.com/DrJaredBrewer/status/1470834253029986304 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Jared Brewer @DrJaredBrewer
      Replying to @zeynep
      not THAT finely tuned, tbh. pic.twitter.com/Q2yS8HV0Df
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Dec 2021

      I'm in favor of more in-depth reporting on the actual topic and I would read first-person accounts from or interviews with people who "moved on" from the pandemic, or oppose public health measures—even if I strongly disagreed. This was like "make Twitter mad" homework assignment.

      11:21 AM - 14 Dec 2021
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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Dec 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Sean Roper

          Yes, but that piece isn't shedding light on that important topic, it's just generating heat for Twitter. There's definitely room for actual, sharp reporting on this, and even pieces critical of what people may perceive as overly restrictive measures.https://twitter.com/MrSeanRoper/status/1470835670352633858 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Sean Roper @MrSeanRoper
          Replying to @zeynep
          It's certainly reflective of a lot of life here in South Carolina. The majority of folks I know live like it doesn't exist.
          3 replies 4 retweets 101 likes
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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Dec 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Steve "Dimensionless Accretion Rate" Khazlolz

          It's just one piece! Nobody can publish widely without some misses. And I think we're mad at it for the wrong reason. Also, I mean, @KatherineJWu and @edyong209, among many other talented writers, are producing great steady work on the pandemic there.https://twitter.com/kosturdistan/status/1470837980650745864 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Steve "Dimensionless Accretion Rate" Khazlolz @kosturdistan
          Replying to @zeynep
          When did the Atlantic turn into gateway pundit
          6 replies 2 retweets 96 likes
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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Dec 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted hank executive, ceo

          Yeah, he's just taking digs at "enemies" from his very, very tiny and unrepresentative corner of the world. "Real" Americans aren't busy being mad about infant formula like he is—new moms must go back to work in just six weeks, and often need dual incomes.https://twitter.com/hottakeponzi/status/1470841182435434496 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          hank executive, ceo @hottakeponzi
          Replying to @mnemosyneous @DrJaredBrewer @zeynep
          he's not, it's just lazy bullshit where he tries to make people mad. the no-fault divorce one is him taunting people about his Catholicism, the others are aimed at his perception of wealthy liberals.
          4 replies 5 retweets 112 likes
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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Dec 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Charles C. Mann

          Seems like a good addition to this thread.https://twitter.com/CharlesCMann/status/1471171401474351106 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Charles C. Mann @CharlesCMann
          This Atlantic article says nobody thinks about COVID in the author's small town. I wondered if that were really true. I live in a small town, and plenty of people think about it. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/12/where-i-live-no-one-cares-about-covid/620958/ … pic.twitter.com/BAVkIm5cPd
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        2. Sumita Pahwa‏ @SumitaPahwa 14 Dec 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          My v. anecdotal impression is that folks who've had no choice but to work in person (grocery store workers, blue collar, medical) are feeling tapped out & figure they've done all they could & may be exposed anyway, so are more inclined to live 'normally,' & have been all year.

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        3. Lynn R Schrader‏ @lynnrschrader 14 Dec 2021
          Replying to @SumitaPahwa @zeynep

          Medical people are not ignoring it, unless they were nutty anti-vaxxers to begin with. My friends who are medical professionals are thoroughly sick of those who are ignoring it though.

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        1. Matt "Dynamic Zero/Wrong pig, wrong bat" Hardwick‏ @MattLabor 14 Dec 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          🤔💡Given that one has to do 🔥🔙 or at least be a good sport to complete that assignment out of sheer necessity, he failed. Bigly.😵‍💫🤨

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        1. Beau Stead‏ @BeauStead 14 Dec 2021
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          And any “I’m just telling you the perspective from here” benefit of the doubt went out the window when he started arguing with real local doctors in his mentions about why his area’s hospitals are completely overwhelmed right now.

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