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Zeynep Tufekci

Sociologist writing Insight, systems-minded essays on technology, society, and public health.

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Who should worry about H5N1?

Ideally, not the public, ever. But there's much that needs to be done, now, to keep it that way.

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On the Alex Jones Verdict: The Very, Very Lucrative World of Lying

My latest piece for the New York Times returns to a key question: how should we grapple with the current historic transformation of the public sphere?

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Long Covid, The Long History Version

It's the tip of a long-term scandal in how we approach complex chronic conditions and post-viral syndromes

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Reprint: In Memory of My Grandmother

(This is a reprint of a newsletter I wrote after my grandmother passed away in 2019).

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A move, some news, and a new essay on privacy and technology in a post-Roe America

I've changed institutions! And more!

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Sorry! Correction! 3/12

Apologies for cluttering your inbox.

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Open Thread 3/12/22: Guns of August Edition

Also March of Folly

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Open Thread: Here's Hoping We Don't Need Luck As Much in 2022, 1/5/2022 edition.

It’s a new year!

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Convergent Evidence, Omicron Edition. Open Thread 26/12/2021

Why I believe many of the worst-case scenarios are now off the table

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Still Not Sure Edition: Open Thread 12/19

This time, why we are still not sure.

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Omicron Scenarios Open Thread 11/12

Some clarity, some cautious optimism, still more to go

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Waiting for Omicron, Open Thread 12/5/2021

It’s still wait-and-see time for many key characteristics of the Omicron variant.

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Omicron Edition, Open Thread 11/28/21

Uncertainty, uncertainty, uncertainty

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The Lost Plot. Open Thread, 10/31

Can't make this up

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Open Thread 10/17: Where's the Curiosity?

The Remarkable Lack of Research

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Storytelling, Ambiguity and the Bad Art Pandemic: Open Thread 10/10

Bring Back Boring?

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Open thread 9/25 (Not Much New Edition)

I haven’t done much public writing last week mostly because I’ve been busy settling into New York—and the academic year especially.

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Open Thread 9/19 Do We Know Which Way to Go?

Individual versus collective goods

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Open Thread 9/12

Questions and questions

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Sunday Chat, 8/29

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