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The book Seeing Like a State referenced in the article is an amazing read:

https://www.amazon.com/Seeing-like-State-Certain-Condition/d...

Highly recommend, though glance at summary to confirm you'll enjoy / benefit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeing_Like_a_State

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It's a great book but one sided in its analysis. I'd recommend pairing it with a book about a case where High Modernism worked great, like The Ghost Map or something.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36086.The_Ghost_Map

If you want both sides in one book: The Wizard and the Prophet by Charles Mann https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34959327-the-wizard-and-...

It would be cool to map the relationship between a book getting linked on HN and its checkout rate at the local public library. That's usually the first place I head when I see something I want to read on here.

Your local library has a much better offering of niche non-fiction than mine. Many of the texts I see here aren't even available through my school's cross country academic network. I did read this book that way, but I had to wait for it to come quite a distance.

My city's newest library is an art piece with less books than any other here, to be fair.

You aren't limited to the books (or other media) that your public library has on hand. You can use your local library to check out books from just about any other library in the US (and many internationally). Ask them about inter-library loan and how to use it.

It's an incredible resource.

Currently reading this book and was wondering if the title was a reference. Gonna read the article now.

I've heard alot of great reviews of this book but personally found it pretty disappointing.

and if you want some rather funny videos on this topic: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=reasontv+uninte...

one of the great books on understanding corporate management too.

ty bought it

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