{"id":5153,"slug":"seeing-like-a-state-2","name":"Seeing Like A State","type":"media","created_at":"2026-08-08T23:24:39.931574+00:00","hidden":0,"aliases":[],"episodes":[{"id":"2ee82c63-615e-4cac-b767-26b0396d04b4","slug":"s21e01-things-could-have-been-different-llms-as","subject":"s21e01: Things Could Have Been Different; LLMs as LitTech, Their Use as Response to Mass Functional Illiteracy","title":"Things Could Have Been Different; LLMs as LitTech, Their Use as Response to Mass Functional Illiteracy","publish_date":"2026-01-07T18:32:44+00:00","year":2026,"month":1,"season":21,"episode":1,"episode_label":"s21e01","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s21e01-things-could-have-been-different-llms-as/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2917,"context":" … of administering bureaucracy (yes I see you all waving your copies of\n<mark>Seeing Like a State</mark>\n). I will tell my story again of EHRs evolving first from\nbilling … ","reading_minutes":15},{"id":"8dfb03ad-5e93-41c2-9dfb-2db2d06c694f","slug":"s17e12-justice-in-forensic-algorithms-the-one-5114","subject":"s17e12: Justice in Forensic Algorithms; The One With Retroactive Bereavement Fare Claims; Bits and Pieces","title":"Justice in Forensic Algorithms; The One With Retroactive Bereavement Fare Claims; Bits and Pieces","publish_date":"2024-02-16T17:48:20.171130+00:00","year":2024,"month":2,"season":17,"episode":12,"episode_label":"s17e12","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s17e12-justice-in-forensic-algorithms-the-one-5114/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1955,"context":" … This also appears to be another reason to re-read <mark>Seeing Like A State</mark>.\n\n1.2 The One With Retroactive Bereavement Fare Claims\n\nMoffatt v. Air Canada, 2024 … ","reading_minutes":10},{"id":"80669fdc-c4da-46a1-b7a6-89947a4f5f3d","slug":"s16e07-it-sounds-like-youre-jealous-scale","subject":"s16e07: It Sounds Like You're Jealous; Scale Considered Harmful","title":"It Sounds Like You're Jealous; Scale Considered Harmful","publish_date":"2023-10-03T19:28:11.040721+00:00","year":2023,"month":10,"season":16,"episode":7,"episode_label":"s16e07","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s16e07-it-sounds-like-youre-jealous-scale/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2615,"context":" … This is, I suppose, a reminder for me to read <mark>Seeing like a State</mark> again. How would a society manage changes in scale? You'd need to measure … ","reading_minutes":13},{"id":"00118112-8d95-4a78-9650-243e87977b47","slug":"s12e51-i-am-reasonably-jet-lagged","subject":"s12e51: I Am Reasonably Jet Lagged","title":"I Am Reasonably Jet Lagged","publish_date":"2022-09-15T21:02:42.179829+00:00","year":2022,"month":9,"season":12,"episode":51,"episode_label":"s12e51","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s12e51-i-am-reasonably-jet-lagged/","is_premium":0,"word_count":527,"context":" … Oh wait, here's your regular reminder that\nLarry Ellison's Oracle Started As A CIA Project\n[1]\n, blah blah\n<mark>Seeing Like A State</mark>\nblah blah, etc.\n\nIt … ","reading_minutes":3},{"id":"5f90bffd-a80c-45ec-8c92-273fafc05fec","slug":"s08e11-arent-we-all-just-so-tired","subject":"s08e11: Aren't we all just so tired","title":"Aren't we all just so tired","publish_date":"2020-05-25T00:18:29.330000+00:00","year":2020,"month":5,"season":8,"episode":11,"episode_label":"s08e11","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s08e11-arent-we-all-just-so-tired/","is_premium":0,"word_count":3841,"context":" … In other words, Zoom is A Different Way Of Seeing. Or, tired: <mark>Seeing Like A State</mark>; Wired: Seeing Like A Multi-Participant Realtime Video Conference.\nHere's another … ","reading_minutes":19},{"id":"1365fe39-4372-4bf5-b500-5d7623f62115","slug":"s07e18-do-you-have-wifi-liars-are-bad","subject":"s07e18: Do you have WiFi? / Liars are bad","title":"Do you have WiFi? / Liars are bad","publish_date":"2019-10-30T22:04:55.954000+00:00","year":2019,"month":10,"season":7,"episode":18,"episode_label":"s07e18","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s07e18-do-you-have-wifi-liars-are-bad/","is_premium":0,"word_count":4491,"context":" … 1.2 Liars are Bad, or, Scaling social norms\nLook, I still haven’t read <mark>Seeing Like A State</mark> and it is still in my unread queue. If … ","reading_minutes":22},{"id":"5b12e5ed-b5b2-4bdb-acc5-2adf86407046","slug":"s07e13-no-not-a-mid-life-crisis-snow-crashing","subject":"s07e13: No, not a mid-life crisis; Snow Crashing","title":"No, not a mid-life crisis; Snow Crashing","publish_date":"2019-10-14T20:37:42.514000+00:00","year":2019,"month":10,"season":7,"episode":13,"episode_label":"s07e13","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s07e13-no-not-a-mid-life-crisis-snow-crashing/","is_premium":0,"word_count":4621,"context":" … place a thing, and so I wonder, with that closed copy of <mark>Seeing Like A State</mark> staring accusingly at me, what is\nabsolutely required\nabout a bureaucracy and … ","reading_minutes":23}]}