

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


Hacking Human Attachment: The Loneliness Crisis, Cognitive Atrophy and other Personal Dangers of AI | RR 20

The Quadruple Bifurcation | Frankly 112

Terror Management Theory: How Existential Dread Has Shaped the World with Sheldon Solomon

The Three Most Important Words We’re Taught Not to Say

Challenging Monopoly Power: Why Local Business is Better for People, the Planet, and Your Wallet with Stacy Mitchell

What Sloths Teach Us About the Superorganism

Will Coral Reefs Be Gone by 2050? How Bleaching, Acidification, and Ocean Heating are Killing Coral Reefs with Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

Is the U.S. Electric Grid Stable? Policy, Renewables, and Who Is Responsible If Something Goes Wrong with Meredith Angwin

Peak Oil, Ponzi Pyramids, and Planetary Boundaries

Moral Ambition: Redefining Success for the Global Good with Rutger Bregman

The Influence of Psychopaths: Why Humanity Is Better Than We Think

The Past and Future of Societal Collapse: Why Civilizations Fall and What We Can Learn From It with Luke Kemp
In this episode of The Great Simplification, host Nate Hagens interviews Luke Kemp, an existential risk and collapse researcher, about his new book, "Goliath's Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse." Kemp introduces the concept of "Goliaths" as dominance hierarchies that inevitably collapse due to their in...

Dark Triad Personality Traits: How Psychopathy, Narcissism, and Machiavellianism Impact Our Cultures & Social Systems | RR 19

What I Learned This Week: Gold Holdings, Political Divides, and the DOE Climate Report | Frankly 107

Why We Need Forests: Their Vital Role in Climate Dynamics, Rain, and The Biotic Pump with Anastassia Makarieva

10 Things Worth More Than a Pound of Gold | Frankly 106

How Water Shapes Our Planet: The Undervalued Resource that Supports Everything We Do | Reality Roundtable 18

Where Will Humanity Move When the World Gets Too Hot? Mass Climate Migration & The Rise of Uninhabitable Regions with Sunil Amrith

Key Blindspots of the “Walrus” Movement | Frankly 105
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