Suffer Map

Tyler brings his reflections from James C. Scott’s Seeing like a State, and sparks a conversation about the problems inherent to making things “legible.” The notion of legibility takes the dialogue beyond the production of governmental policy, and ultimately into the very structures of language and knowledge themselves.

This week we discuss how the debates about expertise and fake news indicate a deeper crisis of trust in our society and its institutions.

This week we talk about how the need to assign blame obstructs our ability to think sociologically, that is, to analyze and critique societal systems. We explore how the Right particularly falls prey to the logic of blame.

This week we continue our conversation with Nathaniel Perrin. In part 2, we explore the need to constantly self-narrate, and its connection to pain and reconciliation.

Join us for a conversation with our guest Nathaniel Perrin as we discuss his work on jealousy and knowledge. Live from Sweden!

In this episode, we explore how the encounter with others is fraught with danger and anxiety, tempting us to flee the demands that the existence of other people places upon us.

In our second episode, we explore Matt’s most recent essay on how bureaucracy springs up to manage the downsides of diversity. Be on the lookout for Matt's terrible impression of Slavoj Zizek at around 18 minutes in. 

Welcome to Suffer Map! In our first episode, we discuss a concept that Tyler has been working on and studying for a few years - Sentimentalism.