By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/05/2026Like social media bosses, politicians deal with people as statistical artifacts who respond to policy inputs with semi-predictable outputs: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeing_... 20/en.wikipedia.orgSeeing Like a State - Wikipedia 161
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/05/2026And of course, politicians have their own detested class of workers whom they fantasize about replacing with chatbots: bureaucracies. 21/ 171
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/05/2026When Trump et al bemoan the "deep state," they are engaged in the politicians' version of the corporate boss's solipsism: 22/ 182
