Joe Norman

Aha! I thought only I knew this cheat code :) Nice thread

It’s Seeing Like a State and it is a very good book for understanding why centralized control schemes fail in the face of living complexity and ultimately kill the things they intend to control

Read as a teenager. Enjoyed it. Had no expectations. Reductionism will make you crazy if you take it too seriously, is the message I got

Bottom line in this tweet, but the entire thread is worth a read Harry has one of the clearest heads around.

Really nice thread giving some solid (heh) thermodynamics intuition

Great thread thanks

Being in the middle of it clarifies....nothing Important read

Great thread with a hidden implication: The financialization of farming is the source of many pathologies. One way to build resilience form our population is for those who DONT depend economically on agriculture to partake in growing The balance sheet rules, unless it doesn't

Great book, no explanation. Nominate 6: @MichaelTG09 @quachelsey @HundredthIdiot @ClickingSeason @Cernovich @ALISONEGEER

The most important @joerogan podcast is the one with Carrot Top 🥕

Naval, you must read The Timeless Way. A book about complexity that could make you weep. Then, nature of order series.

The threads coming from this post are amazing. Worth their weight in gold. OUR gold!