

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Great Simplification is a podcast that explores the systems science underpinning the human predicament. Through conversations with experts and leaders hosted by Dr. Nate Hagens, we explore topics spanning ecology, economics, energy, geopolitics, human behavior, and monetary/financial systems. Our goal is to provide a simple educational resource for the complex energetic, physical, and social constraints ahead, and to inspire people to play a role in our collective future. Ultimately, we aim to normalize these conversations and, in doing so, change the initial conditions of future events.
Episodes

Planetary Boundaries: Exceeding Earth's Safe Limits with Johan Rockström
The Ecology of Communication: Moving Beyond Polarization in Service of Life | Reality Roundtable 10
The Solutions that can be Named are not the Solutions | Frankly #67
Indigenous Wisdom: Resilience, Adaptation, and Seeing Nature as Ourselves with Casey Camp-Horinek
Reality Party | Frankly #66
Silicon Dreams and Carbon Nightmares: The Wide Boundary Impacts of AI with Daniel Schmachtenberger
And Then What?: Using Wide-Boundary Lenses | Frankly 65
Eat, Poop, Die: Animals as the Arteries of the Biosphere with Joe Roman
Living Your Questions: A Pathway Through the Unanswerable with Krista Tippett
The 20 Control Knobs for a Post-Growth Future | Frankly 64
The Flip, the Formation, and the Fun: A Metamodern Framework for Human Futures with Jonathan Rowson
Sound Thinking: Using Music, Resonance, and Harmonics for Human Wellbeing with Alexandre Tannous
Material World: The Key Resources Underpinning Modern Economies with Ed Conway
The Next Generation's Dilemma: Confronting the Metacrisis | Reality Roundtable #9

Daniel Schmachtenberger: "Moving from Naive to Authentic Progress: A Vision for Betterment"
Progress is frequently conflated with technological advancement and GDP growth, yet these metrics often ignore systemic externalities and ecological degradation. True progress requires shifting from narrow, competitive goal-seeking—driven by "multipolar traps" and institutional incentives—toward authentic betterment th...
Nuclear Conflict: 7 Key Questions for Sustainable Futures | Frankly #63
Vanessa Andreotti: "Hospicing Modernity and Rehabilitating Humanity"
Levke Caesar: "Oceanic Slowdown: Decoding the AMOC"
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