I got lectured in Jan/Feb of 2020 for being alarmed about the (obviously incoming) pandemic, got lectured in 2012 for worrying about tech and the public sphere, etc.

Part of it is normal: people disagree. The dysfunctional part is the herding/groupthink. https://t.co/YjW7HQp18G pic.twitter.com/ppBQ9Ynw0Q

— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) April 25, 2022

One of the reasons I knew the pandemic was going to be a big thing by February 2020 — other than not being a dumbass — was that I already read Zeynep. Finding people that can keep you from being a dumbass is key in life.

Discarding people who go down bad paths such as Ian Welsh, who were once ok but will turn you into a clown, is also very important.