mattdsteele reviewed Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott (Yale Agrarian Studies)
Examines how (sometimes quasi-) authoritarian high-modernist planning fails to deliver the goods, be they increased …
Listened to the audiobook
3 stars
I liked this as a rejoinder to most of what I read, which is primarily a celebration of technocracy and expertise. Most of these case studies warned against going too far without listening to feedback of those whose lives you are purporting to help. Worth remembering these days.