4min chapter

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True Crime, banking edition

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

CHAPTER

Intro

This chapter explores the idea of 'seeing like a state' in both governmental and corporate contexts, emphasizing the pitfalls of oversimplification in high modernism. It contrasts the operational efficiency of Big Tech companies like Apple and Amazon with historical governmental shortcomings in managing complex systems.

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