The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens explores the systems science underpinning the human predicament. Conversation topics will span human behavior, monetary/economic systems, energy, ecology, geopolitics and the environment.
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The Psychopathic Selection Hypothesis: The Rules of the Game Keep Us Trapped
Modern companies, markets, and institutions routinely behave in ways that would be diagnosed as pathological in a person: emotional detachment, strategic deception, grandiosity, and the treatment of people, animals, and ecosystems as means...
[Essay] When Truth Becomes Hazardous: Navigating Information Through the Metacrisis
This essay is adapted from the Frankly episode posted on July 31st, 2026, titled “When Truth Becomes Hazardous: Navigating Information Through the Metacrisis.”
When Truth Becomes Hazardous: Navigating Information Through the Metacri...
An Antidote to Despair: What Dogs Reveal About the Metacrisis
This week, I turn a late-night emergency vet visit for one of my dogs into a broader reflection on the extraordinary relationship between dogs and humans. While dogs have been human companions for thousands of years, the modern version of “...
Material World: The Key Resources Underpinning Modern Economies
Current geopolitical events continue to expose just how complex and fragile our global economic system is. As such, The Great Simplification team is re-releasing this episode with Ed Conway, which covers the deceptively critical materials t...
[Essay] Watch With Both Eyes Open: The Beauty and the Horror of Our Moment
This essay is adapted from the Frankly episode posted on July 24th, 2026, titled “Watch With Both Eyes Open: The Beauty and the Horror of Our Moment.”
Seeing the beauty and the horror of our moment at the same time
This summer, I s...
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