#233 - In the Groves of Misinformation

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Zeynep Tufekci about the problem of misinformation and group-think. They discuss the Covid-19 pandemic, the early failures of journalists and public health professionals to make sense of it, the sociology of mask wearing, the problem of correcting institutional errors, Covid as a dress rehearsal for something far worse, asymmetric information warfare, failures of messaging about vaccines, the paradox of scientific authority, the power of incentives, how to reform social media, and other topics.</span></p> <p><strong>Zeynep Tufekci</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina, an opinion writer at the </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York Times</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and a contributing writer at </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Atlantic</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. She studies the interaction between digital technology, artificial intelligence, and society.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/zeynep" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@zeynep</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Website: </span><a href="https://zeynep.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://zeynep.substack.com/</span></a></p>