[barathr]

We started writing this essay about 3 years ago (and first read Seeing Like a State about 15 years ago -- it's a book that should be read and re-read many times). It takes time to write something this long, and if I could have I would have kept editing it for another year.

[richrichie]

This is one of my favourite books.

Covid response is a perfect modern day example.

This book also convinced me that all that net zero interventions and other related exercises will end in a disaster.

[walterbell]

> will end in a disaster

Sadly, not before migration of earnings and control.

[whimsicalism]

early stringent covid responses(such as in China) probably saved millions of lives in the responsive countries, but i guess post-covid will be litigated with vibes not numbers