The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Financial analyst Michael Every joins Nate Hagens to discuss global macro trends, economic accuracy, inflationary pressures, and the shift towards a new economic system with lower energy throughput. They critique mainstream economic models, explore Modern Monetary Theory's impact, and highlight the implications of a Trump re-election on fiscal policy. The conversation also touches on societal motivations, wealth inequality, and the need for a holistic approach to address current meta crises.

Geoffrey West discusses biological scaling applied to human economies, questioning if we can create paths to less resource consumption or if we are bound by nature's laws. They explore population growth, energy use, societal metabolism change, decentralization impacts, weight loss drugs, chemicals on metabolism, and decision-making for future generations.

Physicist Geoffrey West discusses metabolic scaling laws in nature and their application to human societies. The conversation explores Kleiber's law, city growth patterns, social metabolism, and the need for aligning communities with energy realities. West reflects on sustainability, urban planning, and the interconnectedness of societal structures and nature.

Exploring the archetypes from J.R. Tolkien's Fellowship of the Ring in modern society and how they relate to roles in energy surplus and technology. Discussing the correlation between money supply and income distribution with different societal archetypes like technologists, salesmen, scholars, and warriors.

Nate Hagens chats with systems scientist Riane Eisler about transitioning to sustainable societies by valuing empathy and caring. They discuss partnership vs. domination structures, nurturing a partnership-oriented system, and shifting towards cultures of empathy and equality. Eisler advocates for a caring economy, valuing care work, and empowering leadership for positive societal transformation.

Exploring dichotomies in information consumption, from traditional to emerging media. Highlighting gatekeeping in academic sources, biases in journalism, and navigating personal identities. Emphasizing critical thinking and self-awareness in reshaping our understanding of truth and media landscapes.

Join Nate and impact investor Patrick Knodel as they dive into the power of philanthropy, understanding other cultures, and creating sustainable projects. They tackle questions on system change, shifting paradigms, and developing worldviews. Patrick shares his experiences in empowering rural communities, supporting farmers in India, and navigating personal challenges in unconventional projects. Learn about military spending, impact investing, and advice on raising voices and uniting for progress.

Discussions on the conflict in Ukraine, resource control, cultural clashes, and political posturing. Are European countries pushing the US involvement? Chuck Watson's insights on the conflict, media portrayal doubts, France-Russia-China-Africa relationships, and casualties in Ukraine. Exploring the complexities of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, NATO's role, and the need for peaceful resolution.

In this podcast, investment strategist Lyn Alden and Nate Hagens discuss the deep connection between energy, technology, and finance. They explore the role of energy in shaping global systems, the cyclical dysfunction of economies, and the need for biophysically aligned tools for a smoother transition. Lyn Alden's biophysically rooted analysis exposes long-term trends misread by most analysts, highlighting vulnerabilities in economies. The conversation also delves into the impact of financial behaviors on global wealth disparities, the Federal Reserve's role in crisis management, Bitcoin's strengths and vulnerabilities, and promoting decentralized technologies for open information sharing.

Exploring the intersection of AI and peak oil production, discussing economic implications. Definition of oil expanding to include alternative sources causing confusion. Examining dynamics of shale oil, deepwater oil, and oil sands. AI's role in energy extraction, debt, modern monetary theory. AI's energy requirements, peak oil constraints, Jevons paradox, impact on society. Implications of AI on energy usage, societal and ecological well-being.