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for itself in the world expo. Although the call for “Better City, Better Life”
imagines otherwise, the city/life metric is based on technology, control, and
order. It is opposite to actually being in/seeing a city. h e Shanghai World
Expo mimics seeing like a state while it celebrates the urban. As Magnusson
writes, “To see like a city is di' cult, because a city is much more compli-
cated than a state. We have to position ourselves as inhabitants, not gover-
nors, and come to terms with an order that often appears chaotic” (53).
