1In Seeing Like a State (1998), James C. Scott outlines a faith-based, uncritical, high-modernist ideology which gave rise to historic twentieth-century disastersApril 27, 2023/0 Comments/in Bullying, Commentary, Figure/Ground, Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
2The blurb for Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (1998) closely matches the contents of the bookAugust 5, 2019/0 Comments/in Commentary, Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
3Rate of known coronavirus cases in Taiwan is one-fifth the rate of known cases in the United StatesMarch 24, 2020/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
4Unauthorized Banksy exhibit in Amsterdam in August 2018 brings to mind state-level legibility; as well, it brings to mind limitations of languageOctober 2, 2019/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
5James C. Scott (1972) argues that corruption, like violence, must be understood as a regular, repetitive, integral part of the operation of most political systemsAugust 28, 2019/0 Comments/in Commentary, Language usage, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill
6Storytelling depends upon the pragmatics of communication inherent in a conversation: the ball is hit back and forth across the netJune 4, 2023/0 Comments/in Bullying, Commentary, Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Language usage, Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill
7Revisiting the Jane’s Walk principles in 2021: Text from Jane’s Walk website, to which I’ve added commentaryMarch 12, 2021/0 Comments/in Commentary, Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Stratford, Toronto/by Jaan Pill
8Updates regarding Sweden’s approach to COVID-19; Sweden’s rate of deaths per million is 6 times that of NorwayApril 21, 2020/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
9China’s six-day delay in reporting Wuhan outbreak warrants scrutiny as details emergeApril 15, 2020/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
10A small measure of ease in the presence of uncertainty goes a long wayJanuary 3, 2020/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
