Thanks partly to their long history of fighting epidemics, Hong Kong also has some of the world's most prominent experts in infectious diseases. — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
Epidemiologists routinely turn to models to predict the progression of an infectious disease. Fighting public suspicion of these models is as old as modern epidemiology, which traces its origins back to John Snow's famous cholera maps in 1854. — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
For many people, tear gas is their first interaction with state violence. It's the first time they've been treated like an insect, usually by… — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
It seems to me that states (and corporations) have become increasingly secretive and opaque, while people are increasingly exposed. — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
Social media is enhancing human connectivity as people can converse in ways that were once not possible. — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
In the Middle Ages, psychosis may have involved visions of the devil, snakes, or witches. In the 21st century, it can involve dressing in… — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
Very few of us consider strength-training as essential exercise, but it is. It is especially crucial as one ages, because a natural part of… — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
That is the key strength of independent academia: we can speak up in spite of corporate or government interests. — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
When people confidently announce that once robots come for our jobs, we'll find something else to do like we always did, they are drawing… — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
In fact, commercial aviation is so safe because redundancy is mandated by regulation and built into every level, but our commercial-flying experience is so… — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
Condemnation campaigns can and do work, even in conditions where one thinks there are no morals left. — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
The first time I was teargassed, in Istanbul, Turkey, I thought I was going to die. Overwhelming pain flooded my eyes, nose, throat, and… — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
Silicon Valley engineers and employees may well be overwhelmingly liberal, but Facebook is run by the algorithms they program, which optimize for the way… — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
