Episode 17
E17: James C. Scott’s /Seeing Like a State/, part one
An introduction to the core ideas of Scott's /Seeing Like a State/. Three examples. Nothing about software yet.
November 21, 202222m 8s
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Show Notes
James C. Scott, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed, 1998.
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Topics
softwarehistorysocial order