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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.

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7 Rungs of a Runaway System: How Civilization Descended Into Crisis

October 16, 2026

Nate Hagens (0:00)

Greetings, everyone. I'm just back from three weeks of traveling. Very grateful to be done back in the Upper Midwest. My favorite time of year. So I started this podcast because I knew a lot of interesting people who had relevant things to say about the world. And back then, way back then, I didn't do Franklies. But…

And I became more curious. And understanding that humanity from my academic paper and such is functioning like a metabolic superorganism is a much different thing than understanding why and how and what it implies for interventions. So these Franklies have evolved to be by far my favorite part of this work, because…

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