Act: Inspiration

Reflections, Predictions and Intentions | Frankly #21

January 3, 2023

A warm year end greetings followers and friends!

Woof! It’s been almost a year since we started this podcast – I really had no idea it would evolve to a weekly thing (+ Frankly’s!). There is so much to do as society gradually – or suddenly -heads into The Great Simplification, it is sometimes hard to prioritize. I still fundamentally believe in the emergent human response to collective challenges – but to do that, more people need to see the systems synthesis of what we face – which was the initial thrust of this platform.

I learned a lot along the way – about the world, about my guests and about myself. This all is a journey without a clear destination – for now I am grateful to know there are so many humans – around the world – following – and extending this conversation. We can’t directly fight the Superorganism – the dynamic is too strong even for heads of state or the worlds richest -but changes are coming – what we can do -all of us – is change the initial conditions that future events will encounter. That’s the tiny contribution of this podcast and YouTube channel.

Here is a brief (15 minute) impromptu reflection, with a few predictions and some personal/podcast intentions. Much more to come in near future. Thanks for being part of this.

warmly,

Nate

Thanks for reading The Great Simplification!

Photo by Jaromír Kavan on Unsplash

Nate Hagens

Nate Hagens

Nate Hagens is the Director of The Institute for the Study of Energy & Our Future (ISEOF) an organization focused on educating and preparing society for the coming cultural transition. Allied with leading ecologists, energy experts, politicians and systems thinkers ISEOF assembles road-maps and off-ramps for how human societies can adapt to lower throughput lifestyles.

Nate holds a Masters Degree in Finance with Honors from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in Natural Resources from the University of Vermont. He teaches an Honors course, Reality 101, at the University of Minnesota.


Tags: building resilient societies, the great simplification

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