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If you need a book to really drive that point home to someone, check out "Seeing Like A State" by James C. Scott.
by ThrustVectoring 10y ago
If you need a book to really drive that point home to someone, check out "Seeing Like A State" by James C. Scott.
- ArkyBeagle 10y agoI'm somewhat embarrassed that I've never seen that before. Thanks much. Hopefully, it is as good as it sounds.
- ArkyBeagle 10y agoHave you seen "All Cared For By Machines of Living Grace" by Adam Curtis? I wonder if Curtis used this as source material? It's the same basic idea, although it may appear that Curtis generalizes to a different view of the fallacy underlying all this. The ghost of Otto von Bismarck laughs every night.
- ThrustVectoring 10y agoThanks for the suggestion - the summary info I read makes it sound like a lot of intuitions I don't have fleshed out well enough to explain thoroughly. It's likely going to be either great or maddeningly off in subtle ways. Either way I'm interested in watching it.
- ArkyBeagle 10y agoAdam's films are .. just essays. They're flawed and informal, but the basic ... bones of his ideas are intriguing and stimulating. I am glad I could reciprocate with something because I really like "Thinking Like a State" ( after my rapid-read treatment, with a slow read TBD). It encapsulates so many ideas I've never really seen bundled before, along with some that require further digging. I would not be surprised if "Thinking.." wasn't an influence on him.