The Great Simplification
Nate Hagens, Charles Eisenstein, Zeke Hausfather, Indy Johar, Prof Robert Pape, Sarah WilsonThe 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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