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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It's Not Just Hormuz: The Chokepoints Changing Global Shipping Forever
Roughly a fifth of the world’s oil and more than a tenth of all global trade has been navigating a literal minefield, a wary insurance industry, and whipsawing geopolitics since late February of this year. But looking beyond the Strait of H...
[Essay] A Word I Struggle to Understand: Non-Duality and Our Living World
This essay is adapted from the Frankly episode posted on May 29th, 2026 titled “A Word I Can’t Seem to Understand: Non-Duality and Our Living World.”
Greetings. Today I want to talk about something I don’t understand.
For a while n...
Foundations Before Outcomes: The Future Beneath Your Feet
Today, in Part 5 of the “How to Think About the Future” series, I scale my exploration of civilizational futures down to the future of a single human life and analyze how the same patterns that shape economies, power, geopolitics, and Earth...
Can Money Serve Life? How to Fund Communities Doing the Real Work
Every year, hundreds of billions of dollars flow through global philanthropy, yet only a small fraction reaches environmental, climate, and nature-related causes. Meanwhile, in small towns and rural communities around the world, a hidden th...
[Essay] How to Play 5D Chess: It’s Not What You Think
This essay is adapted from the Frankly episode posted on June 19th, 2026 titled, “How to Play 5D Chess: It’s Not What You Think.”
Over the years of hosting the podcast, I’ve realized that pretty much every topic has its fans and its...
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