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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 22 Mar 2017

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Ken Dilanian

      All violent acts against people are horrible. Imagine if we covered domestic violence—dozens of women die each week in US—like terrorism.https://twitter.com/KenDilanianNBC/status/844574460955037696 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Ken DilanianVerified account @KenDilanianNBC
      I know it's a big story, but every time we freak out about a small-bore terror attack we play into their hands.
      19 replies 332 retweets 648 likes
    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Mar 2017
      Replying to @zeynep

      There are many risks people face. Some are quite rare. Some are common. We pay oversize attention to rare ones; mostly ignore common ones.

      12 replies 41 retweets 92 likes
    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Mar 2017
      Replying to @zeynep

      Political violence is horrible—as someone from the Middle East, I'm aghast at it. Terrorism in the Western world is a rare, rare, rare risk.

      4 replies 18 retweets 33 likes
    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Mar 2017
      Replying to @zeynep

      But our new & old media is so overly transfixed over what is horrific but so rare, we are promising these killers what they want: attention.

      3 replies 25 retweets 82 likes
    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Mar 2017
      Replying to @zeynep

      Been writing for years—killers from school shooters to "lone wolf" terrorists explicitly seek posthumous attention. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/opinion/the-virginia-shooter-wanted-fame-lets-not-give-it-to-him.html …pic.twitter.com/IK907DoRKu

      1 reply 29 retweets 47 likes
    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Mar 2017
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      Meanwhile, terrorized by rare risk, people support disproportionate & misguided policies, often increasing risks to ourselves and others.

      2 replies 16 retweets 47 likes
    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Mar 2017
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      Meanwhile, the next killer—a school shooter, a deranged terrorist—is watching the coverage & attention NOW, forming ideation for next time.

      4 replies 13 retweets 42 likes
    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Mar 2017
      Replying to @zeynep

      It's normal to be horrified. I always am. I hate the topic. But if we don't modulate our response—we're constantly incentivizing escalation.

      1 reply 10 retweets 69 likes
    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Mar 2017
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      zeynep tufekci Retweeted

      And putting the names, social media accounts and manifestos of the killer on loop on TV incentivizes the next one. https://twitter.com/gaywonk/status/843871001691787264 …

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      2 replies 19 retweets 37 likes
    10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Mar 2017
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      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Dashiell Bennett

      How much coverage and attention will one act of terrorism get versus another? No mistake; this is also terrorism.https://twitter.com/dashbot/status/844576068023599106 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Dashiell Bennett @dashbot
      A white supremacist drove from Maryland to New York to murder a random black man in Midtown last night http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/suspect-midtown-knife-killing-surrenders-cops-article-1.3005263?cid=bitly …
      3 replies 75 retweets 74 likes
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Mar 2017

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jules Mattsson

      RIP. Let's remember victims, all victims, and not give killers the posthumous fame so many of them viciously seek.https://twitter.com/julesmattsson/status/844681167802716160 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Jules Mattsson @julesmattsson
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      Police have released a photograph of PC Keith Palmer, killed today. pic.twitter.com/Lssl3VvB7u
      4:03 PM - 22 Mar 2017
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      3 replies 71 retweets 124 likes
        1. Melissa Jo Peltier‏Verified account @MelissaJPeltier 22 Mar 2017
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          @active_empathy Amen. 🙏🏼🇬🇧

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        1. Jodi Ruiz Duval, PhD‏ @DrVanHelsingPhD 22 Mar 2017
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          @MelissaJPeltier well said!! My heartfelt sympathies go to the families and friends of those lost today...lost for no good reason.

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 Mar 2017
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          zeynep tufekci Retweeted

          This. Deaths—like all victims—are horrific. Don't glorify. One deranged man with a knife won't bring anything down. https://twitter.com/pwnallthethings/status/844854774046457856 …

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          9 replies 57 retweets 136 likes
        3. Apocalyptica‏ @ApocalypticaNow 23 Mar 2017
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          At least the UK seems to be handling the attack sensibly. Strange to see Americans more freaked out by it than Brits.

          1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
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