Insight by Zeynep

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Smarter thinking about puzzles worth pondering

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Insight by Zeynep @insight Nov 1, 2020

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Thank you everyone for support and the many suggestions. I've set up an educational institution option ($1 per month) and journalists should email support@substackinc.com to sign-up for free. Still learning the ropes of the logistics of offering free subs! zeynep.substack.com/discount

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Insight by Zeynep @insight May 28, 2021

For once, we have a choice to end a pandemic by vaccination, rather than millions — maybe billions — getting infected. Unfortunately, rather than face this reality and act accordingly, we are telling ourselves a comforting but false story. theinsight.org/p/we-need-to-g…

Insight by Zeynep @insight May 27, 2021

New post with more on what I think went wrong with media coverage and public discussion last year about COVID origins, and what it says about the way the too tight media/Twitter feedback loop works to our detriment. theinsight.org/p/how-the-twit…

www.theinsight.org How the Twitter/Media Feedback Loop Can Work to Undermine Our Understanding And why stepping back and stepping out would help the reporting

Insight by Zeynep @insight May 25, 2021

Not checking not facts. My latest: theinsight.org/p/checking-fac…

www.theinsight.org Checking Facts Even If One Can't This isn't any way to fight "misinformation"

Insight by Zeynep @insight May 18, 2021

Guest @Insight essay on why novelty means severity, and why so many questions about variants, children, Long Covid, endemicity and more revolve around that very notion by @dylanhmorris.

Nothing in this pandemic makes sense except in the light of novelty.

theinsight.org/p/novelty-mean…