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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 13 Apr 2016
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      Seriously. Man faces jail for insulting Pres. Erdogan by comparing him to Gollum so court is debating the nature of Gollum/Smeagol. Turkey!

      5 replies 46 retweets 35 likes
    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Apr 2016
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      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Financial Times

      This will surely not result in millions of people seeing that clip, and comedians around the world joining in. Nope.https://twitter.com/FT/status/720940886406864896 …

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      Latest: Germany to prosecute German comic over Erdogan poem http://on.ft.com/1NcAza6 
      3 replies 22 retweets 11 likes
    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Apr 2016
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      More on courts in Turkey grappling with "the nature of evil" to decide if comparing Erdogan to Gollum was an insult. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-15/erdogan-sees-evil-in-lord-of-the-rings-where-others-see-good …

      4 replies 14 retweets 7 likes
    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Apr 2016
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      Was Gollum good but merely corrupted? Where does Smeagol end and Gollum start? Courts in Turkey have ample time...pic.twitter.com/LSRjrUMMYZ

      1 reply 13 retweets 9 likes
    5. Paul Vigna‏Verified account @paulvigna 15 Apr 2016
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      @zeynep The ring works on creatures who are weak and evil at their core, which is why it doesn't work so well on Hobbits.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Apr 2016
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      .@paulvigna Should we judge weakness and evil as same? Are actions all that matter, or do we care about intent and mitigating circumstances?

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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Apr 2016
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      .@paulvigna Since there isn't much other stuff is going on in Turkey, the judiciary can debate these existential questions & enlighten us.

      1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
    8. Diamond Form‏ @PaleoGould 15 Apr 2016
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      @zeynep @paulvigna but remember Gandalf "I would take the ring from a desire to do good, but through me it should wield power too great: 1/3

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    9. Diamond Form‏ @PaleoGould 15 Apr 2016
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      @zeynep @paulvigna Galadriels says the same. It is power (of teh ring) which corrupts even noble intentions. 2/3

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    10. Diamond Form‏ @PaleoGould 15 Apr 2016
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      @zeynep @paulvigna which, perhaps, is closer to the bone than Turkish courts may wish to address 3/3

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Apr 2016
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      .@PaleoGould @paulvigna That interpretation—power corrupts even the noblest—would imply term limits and big checks on executive power. Hmmm.

      7:26 AM - 15 Apr 2016
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        2. Diamond Form‏ @PaleoGould 15 Apr 2016
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          @zeynep @paulvigna problematically, it is hobbits lack of ambition and small c conservativism that makes them safe custodians of the ring.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Apr 2016
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          @PaleoGould @paulvigna That's the argument we should entrust power to those who least want it—and rotate it. Ursula K. Leguin territory. :-D

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