James C. Scott
Where Against the Grain was mentioned: 3 timestamped quotes from 3 episodes across 1 podcast.
“James Scott has an interesting theory in Against the Grain. I don't know if it originates with him, but he argues that one of the reasons that the early agriculturalists were so successful... And”
Why Rome actually fell: plagues, slavery, & ice age — Kyle Harper · Dwarkesh Podcast
“bit. James Scott, who I think just died a couple of weeks ago, wrote his book, Against the Grain. The whole book is like, “Agriculture sucked but we were forced to adopt it because it allowed”
David Reich — How one small tribe conquered the world 70,000 years ago · Dwarkesh Podcast
“um James Scott's thing in against the grain where he pointed out there were if”
Charles C. Mann - Americas Before Columbus & Scientific Wizardry · Dwarkesh Podcast