Internet Quotes by Zeynep Tufekci

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

It seems to me that states (and corporations) have become increasingly secretive and opaque, while people are increasingly exposed.

— Zeynep Tufekci

Social media is enhancing human connectivity as people can converse in ways that were once not possible.

— Zeynep Tufekci

Bike-friendly cities provide some of the best quality of life.

— Zeynep Tufekci

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

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

That is the key strength of independent academia: we can speak up in spite of corporate or government interests.

— Zeynep Tufekci

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

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

Condemnation campaigns can and do work, even in conditions where one thinks there are no morals left.

— Zeynep Tufekci

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

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

Ability to disseminate one's ideas on the Internet is now a sine qua non of inclusion in the global public sphere. However, the Internet…

— Zeynep Tufekci

Data is immensely appealing to me as a social scientist.

— Zeynep Tufekci

In our increasingly connected world, every virus is but a hop or two away: almost all humans are close enough to someone who flies…

— Zeynep Tufekci