The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

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.

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The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Episodes (360)

Friday Uncomfortable Questions in Unstable Times | Frankly 125
Wed Feb 11th The Misunderstood History of CO2: The Science Behind Earth's Most Controversial Molecule with Peter Brannen
Mon Feb 9th Wide Boundary News: Peak Oil (Not!), Peak Dispatchability, and WEF Risks

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Feb 13, 2026
20¾ minutes
43 MB

This week's Frankly marks a new recurring segment on this platform where Nate poses questions about our shared future: Uncomfortable Questions in Unstable Times. In this edition, he explores what would change if societies shifted their primary goal from growth to stability. Nate also unpacks how a lack of purpose in modern life might shape politics, culture, and personal choices. He then scales up to look at power and behavior through a wider lens, examining how incentives in systems can shape the behavior of a nation. Nate cites the example of Artificial Intelligence to demonstrate how the...

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Uncomfortable Questions in Unstable Times | Frankly 125

Nate Hagens

00:00 -18:55