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13 Jan 2026
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Steven Johnson — holds since 2026-01-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Farmers were the overwhelming majority of every pre-modern agrarian society — 80 to 90 per cent of it — and that single fact shapes everything else about how those societies worked. — tap to centre the map on it Farmers were the overwhelming majority of every pre-modern agrarian society — 80 to 90 per cent of it — and that single fact shapes everything else about how those societies worked. Last stated 6 years ago
24 Jul 2020
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Bret Devereaux — holds since 2020-07-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The standard narrative of agriculture as a sudden civilizational fall oversimplifies a far more gradual, complicated history. — tap to centre the map on it The standard narrative of agriculture as a sudden civilizational fall oversimplifies a far more gradual, complicated history. Last stated 8 months ago
13 Jan 2026
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Steven Johnson — holds since 2026-01-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every cognitive ingredient for farming and for states was already in place tens of thousands of years before either appeared, so what humanity was waiting on was not biology. — tap to centre the map on it Every cognitive ingredient for farming and for states was already in place tens of thousands of years before either appeared, so what humanity was waiting on was not biology. Last stated 4 months ago
8 May 2026
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David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Bronze Age, not the invention of farming, was the shock the human genome reacted to most strongly. — tap to centre the map on it The Bronze Age, not the invention of farming, was the shock the human genome reacted to most strongly. Last stated 4 months ago
8 May 2026
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David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The claim that higher yields backfire and end up increasing farmland is much weaker than the literature assumes. — tap to centre the map on it The claim that higher yields backfire and end up increasing farmland is much weaker than the literature assumes. Last stated 3 years ago
13 Mar 2024
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Linus Blomqvist — holds since 2024-03-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The archaeological record of early writing is misleading, because people across the Middle East were sending each other messages long before the Sumerians. — tap to centre the map on it The archaeological record of early writing is misleading, because people across the Middle East were sending each other messages long before the Sumerians. Last stated 9 months ago
12 Dec 2025
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Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. Last stated 6 years ago
4 Jun 2020
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Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. Last stated a month ago
20 Aug 2026
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Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A religion cannot revive itself by encouraging its members to have more children. — tap to centre the map on it A religion cannot revive itself by encouraging its members to have more children. Last stated 4 weeks ago
24 Aug 2026
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Ryan Burge — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less. — tap to centre the map on it A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less. Last stated 3 years ago
28 May 2023
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George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Beef and lamb are the most land-hungry and climate-damaging farm products there are. — tap to centre the map on it Beef and lamb are the most land-hungry and climate-damaging farm products there are. Last stated a year ago
12 May 2025
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George Monbiot — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Believing that higher yields do not spare land would push investment away from the thing that actually protects wild habitat. — tap to centre the map on it Believing that higher yields do not spare land would push investment away from the thing that actually protects wild habitat. Last stated 3 years ago
13 Mar 2024
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Linus Blomqvist — holds since 2024-03-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A world where altruists followed expected-value estimates would be one where nearly all of them helped distant strangers instead of the people around them, and that world would be worse. — tap to centre the map on it A world where altruists followed expected-value estimates would be one where nearly all of them helped distant strangers instead of the people around them, and that world would be worse. Last stated 15 years ago
18 Aug 2011
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Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An athlete who moves his family across the country for a few million dollars more is trading a life that loves him for money that will not improve it. — tap to centre the map on it An athlete who moves his family across the country for a few million dollars more is trading a life that loves him for money that will not improve it. Last stated 9 months ago
15 Dec 2025
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Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Attitude, not the surrounding circumstances, determines how hard parenting feels. — tap to centre the map on it Attitude, not the surrounding circumstances, determines how hard parenting feels. Last stated a year ago
18 Sept 2025
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Nat Eliason — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are
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There was a long, unexplained gap between the first domestication of crops and the emergence of the first agrarian states.
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Farmers were the overwhelming majority of every pre-modern agrarian society — 80 to 90 per cent of it — and that single fact shapes everything else about how those societies worked.
Holds
The standard narrative of agriculture as a sudden civilizational fall oversimplifies a far more gradual, complicated history.
Holds
Every cognitive ingredient for farming and for states was already in place tens of thousands of years before either appeared, so what humanity was waiting on was not biology.
Holds
The Bronze Age, not the invention of farming, was the shock the human genome reacted to most strongly.
Holds
The claim that higher yields backfire and end up increasing farmland is much weaker than the literature assumes.
Holds
The archaeological record of early writing is misleading, because people across the Middle East were sending each other messages long before the Sumerians.
Holds
A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death.
Holds
A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change.
Holds
A religion cannot revive itself by encouraging its members to have more children.
Holds
A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less.
Holds
Beef and lamb are the most land-hungry and climate-damaging farm products there are.
Holds
Believing that higher yields do not spare land would push investment away from the thing that actually protects wild habitat.
Holds
A world where altruists followed expected-value estimates would be one where nearly all of them helped distant strangers instead of the people around them, and that world would be worse.
Holds
An athlete who moves his family across the country for a few million dollars more is trading a life that loves him for money that will not improve it.
Holds
Attitude, not the surrounding circumstances, determines how hard parenting feels.
Holds