1The 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
2Rate 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
3Unauthorized 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
4James 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
5Revisiting 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
6Updates 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
7China’s six-day delay in reporting Wuhan outbreak warrants scrutiny as details emergeApril 15, 2020/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
8A small measure of ease in the presence of uncertainty goes a long wayJanuary 3, 2020/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
9Ronald Wright (2004) has characterized civilization as a pyramid schemeDecember 21, 2019/0 Comments/in Commentary, Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill
10“We banned renders” from the design process says Tatiana Bilbao – Dezeen, Dec. 4, 2019December 4, 2019/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill