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Cover of Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott

Seeing Like a State

James C. Scott · 1998
Mentioned 9 times across 7 podcasts · 2018–2026
Mention timeline9 mentions
20182026
Where it's mentioned
2026
What is the Democratic Party? What Could It Be?
The Ezra Klein Show · Jul 2026
“Second book. Uh that I I want to recommend. It's a book called Seeing Like a State. And This is a a book by someone who used to be a University of Wisconsin professor, actually, James C. Scott”
Why cultivating agency matters more than cultivating skills in the AI era | Max Schoening (Head of Product, Notion)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · May 2026
“last one that I give mostly to executives uh that I think are creating a lot of systems uh is uh seeing like a state”
1133: The Philosophy of Scores: How to Measure What Truly Matters and Stop Playing Someone Else’s Game with C. Thi Nguyen
How to Be Awesome at Your Job · Mar 2026
“a huge inspiration for this book was James Scott seeing like a state”
C. Thi Nguyen on Why Measuring Everything Ruins Everything
The Good Fight · Feb 2026
“it's really interesting that it's really interesting that The upside of transparency is that it breaks through kind of stuck dogmatic systems. Like I think the and the downside is it misses right, it misses sensitive weirdness and those go together. And I think we we see the exact same thing. Like a lot of transparency metrics, they're at their best when, I mean, I think even the biggest critic of quantification culture will say something like, and yeah, when you have a horribly sexist”
2025
Dan Wang - The US vs China In The 21st Century
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy · Oct 2025
“I think it was our friend Eugene that first gave me the Seeing Like a State book by James C. Scott”
2022
Balaji Srinivasan: The Network State
The Knowledge Project · Apr 2022
“Do you know you know the book Seem Like a State? Yeah. Uh, you know, seeing like a state, this is book about how, you know, governments In order to see things”
2021
Michael Mayer - Business Boss Battles - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 40]
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy · Jul 2021
“I had Read a book. maybe a few years before coming up with the idea called seeing like a state”
#506: Balaji Srinivasan on The Future of Bitcoin and Ethereum, How to Become Noncancelable, the Path to Personal Freedom and Wealth in a New World, the Changing Landscape of Warfare, and More
The Tim Ferriss Show · Mar 2021
“read this book, Seem Like a State”
2018
Tren Griffin – Pulling the Thread - [Invest Like the Best, EP.87]
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy · May 2018
“Have you ever read the book uh seeing like a state? by George Scott”