I've been looking for this book for a year. If you're anything like me, you'll have a lot of moments when reading where davies puts together something you haven't been able to put into words in the same way. Asking why everything is dumb and bad now, Davies outlines how corporation and state respectively have lobotomized themselves in the last 50 years because it seemed like a good idea at the time. As books that try to give you a whole new perspective on things go, it's remarkably short, and you may find yourself wanting to revive a semi-abandoned scientific discipline by the end of it.