{"id":102993,"date":"2026-10-11T02:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T06:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=102993"},"modified":"2026-06-11T17:53:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T21:53:48","slug":"in-the-country-of-the-blind-a-tale-of-applied-cliology-and-incompetence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/in-the-country-of-the-blind-a-tale-of-applied-cliology-and-incompetence\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>In The Country of the Blind<\/em>: A Tale of Applied Cliology and Incompetence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IQNHy1_VJFI?si=ceXsgFQpKq_RsJqf\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Feral Historian<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 5 Jun 2026<\/p>\n<p>Michael Flynn&#8217;s <em>In The Country of the Blind<\/em> gives us a mystery wrapped around an examination of the idea of predictive history. Sort of <em>Foundation<\/em> with more laughs and cynicism.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been sitting on this one for some time now, hoping to think of some good b-roll to cut in. But I got nothing, so here it is. For those that listen to these while driving, this one&#8217;s for you.<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t found the study I mentioned that isn&#8217;t paywalled, but here&#8217;s a link so you know which one I&#8217;m talking about. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbGJ6N19aRDJiZk1oMEtlV3FwLWh5VjFHdVRod3xBQ3Jtc0ttamFLVmF0SmVLTzFpNW04NmZ5LVgxdV9DSnhjR2RrbzB5SUNhQTNYRjU2dF9QQ3N3cF9OTlF5QjJvX3ppakVtNHhuMDRtazBaRzVqSnNUNV9iQ0ZOREszMU9COWtIajVtTzU4bjdSdGRVQWdhNTBXSQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fmuse.jhu.edu%2Fpub%2F1%2Farticle%2F922346&#038;v=IQNHy1_VJFI\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/pub\/1\/article\/92&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>00:00 Intro<br \/>\n04:50 Results, Not Intentions<br \/>\n10:43 Technopeasants<br \/>\n13:21 Scientific Management<br \/>\n16:33 Back to Now<br \/>\n18:43 Power Structures<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 Patreon   | patreon.com\/FeralHistorian<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd39 Ko-Fi     | ko-fi.com\/feralhistorian<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd39 and Merch! | feral-shop.fourthwall.com<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feral Historian Published 5 Jun 2026 Michael Flynn&#8217;s In The Country of the Blind gives us a mystery wrapped around an examination of the idea of predictive history. Sort of Foundation with more laughs and cynicism. I&#8217;ve been sitting on this one for some time now, hoping to think of some good b-roll to cut [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[32],"tags":[898,1456,1593,85],"class_list":["post-102993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-alternativehistory","tag-competence","tag-feralhistorian","tag-sf"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-qNb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102994,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102993\/revisions\/102994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}