Archive - The Great Simplification

The Things We Take for Granted

Jan 9 • Nate Hagens

How We’ve ‘Drugified’ Our Entire Existence: Dopamine & Addiction In the Digital Age

The Great Simplification #206 with Anna Lembke

Jan 7 • Nate Hagens

Behavioral Thermodynamics Part 1: Beyond the 4th Law? (Essay)

This essay is adapted from my most recent Frankly video titled, Human Behavioral Thermodynamics Part 1: Beyond the 4th Law? In the future, we’ll be…

Jan 6 • Nate Hagens

December 2025

The Best TGS Episodes of 2025

Nate’s curated list of this year’s exceptional conversations

Dec 22, 2025 • Nate Hagens

Behavioral Thermodynamics Part 1: Beyond the 4th Law?

Dec 19, 2025 • Nate Hagens

End of Year Reflections: Four Years of The Great Simplification

The Great Simplification #205

Dec 17, 2025 • Nate Hagens

Pruning for the Future

Loosening the Grip of Sunk Cost

Dec 16, 2025 • Nate Hagens

Sunk Cost and the Superorganism

Dec 12, 2025 • Nate Hagens

Fighting for a Livable Future: Exploring Frontier Climate Interventions

The Great Simplification #204 with Kelly Erhart

Dec 10, 2025 • Nate Hagens

Why Does Everything Cost So Much?

The Forces Behind Inflation and Deflation

Dec 9, 2025 • Nate Hagens

Inflation, Deflation, & Simplification: The 8 Things That Influence Prices

Dec 5, 2025 • Nate Hagens

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: How Artificial Superintelligence Might Wipe Out Our Entire Species

The Great Simplification #203 with Nate Soares

Dec 3, 2025 • Nate Hagens

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