Hey guys,

Last week’s Zoom meeting was incredibly fun, you can watch it here. And, as usual, this week’s Zoom will be at 8PM EST right here.

The essay I covered this week is Venkatesh Rao’s summary of James C. Scott’s Seeing Like a State. Understanding the failure modes that come with our desire to make things legible is a very crucial mental model that will hopefully save you from making critical errors in the future.

Click any of the headings below to read it in [[Roam Research]].

A Big Little Idea Called Legibility

Learnings

Notes & Musings

Highlights