Seeing Like a State

By: James C. Scott - Read: June 10, 2025 - Rating: 9/10

A masterclass in why top-down ‘legibility’ breaks fragile systems and erases local know-how.

If you deploy tech into rural ecologies without reading this, prepare to re-learn painful lessons.

Sharp, humbling, and evergreen; pairs perfectly with on-the-ground co-design.