Episode 21: James C. Scott, Seeing Like a State (2/3)
Jan 28, 2026
33:49
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In part two of my review of Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott, I explore the dangers of high modernism and some of the case studies of failed experiments he examines. What is your favorite example of high modernism going wrong, besides the opening night of The Rites of Spring?