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The Art of Not Being Governed

James C. Scott

Anthropology / History

Scott's anarchist history of Zomia, the upland regions of Southeast Asia whose peoples deliberately structured their societies to avoid state capture. Vitalik cites it in 'My techno-optimism' as an example of how groups can engineer themselves out of centralized control.

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  • Vitalik Buterin

    Vitalik cites Scott's book in 'My techno-optimism' when discussing how communities in Zomia structured themselves to evade state control - an analogy he uses for crypto and d/acc.

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