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the 'random mix' and monoculture points in here are the topic of the first chapter of Seeing Like a State, the book about why institutions over-simplify the soc
by awinter-py 6y ago
the 'random mix' and monoculture points in here are the topic of the first chapter of Seeing Like a State, the book about why institutions over-simplify the societies they govern
- beaconstudios 6y agoit's a good book, especially as an introduction to why reductionism and quantitative measurement distort what they measure when taken apart from holism and qualitative valuation - but boy is it a slow burner. I listened to it on audiobook during my commute and I'm surprised I didn't fall asleep at the wheel.
- awinter-py 6y agoyeah I made it to the middle of the jane jacobs / corbusier section and gave up midsection is like fractally repetitive where it's repeating previous chapters and also repeating the current chapter really good footnotes though