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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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    zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Nov 2017

    zeynep tufekci Retweeted Tara Whalen

    It's .. amazing. For an allegedly "disruptive" and innovative industry, they are stuck at a very, very narrow design / business space.https://twitter.com/drtarabyte/status/926267437041029120 …

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    Tara Whalen @drtarabyte
    Enjoyed hearing @zeynep talk at @CivicHall tonight, particularly her bemoaning the "complete lack of imagination in tech!"
    9:06 PM - 2 Nov 2017
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      2. zot‏ @zot3p 2 Nov 2017
        Replying to @zeynep

        Engineering at its core is imitation and control (what can go wrong?). Road less travelled is not desired or encouraged. This spills into +

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      3. zot‏ @zot3p 2 Nov 2017
        Replying to @zot3p @zeynep

        non-tech areas and narrows the ideas space. Need more diversity, awareness/acceptance from technical people about their shortcomings.

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      2. Susan Casey‏ @caseymaui 2 Nov 2017
        Replying to @zeynep

        That’s what happens when you exclude everyone but young male engineers in the design process

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      3. M. Fioretti‏ @mfioretti_en 2 Nov 2017
        Replying to @caseymaui @zeynep

        this comment (with which I agree, btw) made me remind of this "self- #marriage and/by #SiliconValley " post of mine: http://stop.zona-m.net/2017/05/on-male-dominated-technology-and-marriage/ …

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      2. jingleheimer schmidt‏ @psuedonymoustwt 2 Nov 2017
        Replying to @zeynep

        It's honestly amazing, there are so many zillions of productive ways that so much of tech could be radically re-imagined.

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      3. jingleheimer schmidt‏ @psuedonymoustwt 2 Nov 2017
        Replying to @psuedonymoustwt @zeynep

        In a weird way it seems reminiscent of late 19th century physics.

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      1. Christian Walter‏ @omnijack101 3 Nov 2017
        Replying to @zeynep

        isn't that a function of current state of institutions as aligned by neoliberalism

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      1. Christian Walter‏ @omnijack101 3 Nov 2017
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        which is more doctrine/ideology/ religion than science. "And thus in his considered view | what did not suit could not be true."

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      1. Rodrigo Leme‏ @rcleme 3 Nov 2017
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        It's lack of imagination + lack of ethics that's the most concerning. You have progressive evil iterations of mediocre outputs.

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      1. Rodrigo Leme‏ @rcleme 3 Nov 2017
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        This thread by @kumailn is very interesting, regarding this subject https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/925829070658531329 …

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