Many thanks for this terrific distillation of your work. In case any of your readers might find it useful, I keep a stethoscope on the ageing, bloated and ailing superorganism with a daily snapshot of global news here:
Well done Nate! A gargantuan task and you excelled! I can now share, with short- attentioners, your wealth of grounded in reality wisdom. Thank you, thank you! PS I have the attention span - have listened to many of your long programs for a year or two.
Damn near perfect. This will be the video I show people to bring them up to speed on the “how we got here” topic. Thank you for your efforts and framing. Wonderful.
So, I switched from Spotify to YouTube to see the slides but left a comment on Spotify. This is exactly the type of perspective and wisdom that needs to be amplified in the collective conscious and that does require outreach to those with shorter attention leashes. Thanks!
So glad I found you. This has been resonating in my brain since I was young… ‘ it’s a finite planet, behaving as if it has infinite resources is not sustainable, it’s murder/suicide’
To change the consciousness that resides within the global context you so brilliantly articulate, in my view, is the role of an Elder, which is often missing in most cultures.
Culture can change... thanks Nate... we can already see many realising that the way back to humanity, the species, is at the same time the way forward. My candidate for a Blue planet award for this (almost fun) pitch at ecological comprehension. Has to be the briefest ever! Smile.
Looks like your 4-minute version is gone from Substack. I’m not sure what happened to it, but Facebook removed it from my account. I requested a review and they confirmed that it violated Facebook policy.
Thanks for the link. This reminds me of the Universe Story (Brian Swimme) and Archaic Revival (Terence McKenna). In one of his talks, Schwab allowed for “isolated pockets of self-sustaining community” that will opt out of the 4IR. Most people assume that emergency response is a way to unravel certain ways of living and exploit the perceived crisis but it’s just as likely that others may be way ahead of the game using them to inspire resilience and create contingencies for the Net Energy Cliff. The key here is to look for the people living the principles in their everyday lives and to share their story. Some of them were broken by the system for the light that they shine but the torch is still lit. When they came for me I told them that it will only take 1 person who figures out how they operate and that this person will tell others.. they won’t know what hit them in the sense that things will change faster than they can snuff out individual leaders in time to stop it because we will all be shining brightly.
Many thanks for this brief and brilliant take on what's happening within humanity and where we're headed!
It deeply resonated with me, especially as I've been reflecting on a similar idea of the human race as a kind of superorganism, quite like a slime mold. And we know what happens to slime molds when their end is near...
I truly hope that the lack of solidarity from the upper-class capital owners begins to shift, along with emerging narratives and new visions of what truly matters in life and in our collective future to help with actually worthwhile investments...
Please, keep being voicing and publishing your thoughts!
Whether we choose life over power in the great simplification depends upon how well we identify, sideline, see-through and possibly participate in the annihilation of our own Ego and rationally explore what remains. Few know how the sciences and religions of the superorganism are contaminated by Ego, leading us to overshoot.
Fortunately, human nature is not set in stone. Human nature transforms with right-knowledge when we focus our Ego with wisdom and heart..
Many thanks for this terrific distillation of your work. In case any of your readers might find it useful, I keep a stethoscope on the ageing, bloated and ailing superorganism with a daily snapshot of global news here:
https://climateandeconomy.com/2025/05/30/30th-may-2025-todays-round-up-of-economic-news/
Well done Nate! A gargantuan task and you excelled! I can now share, with short- attentioners, your wealth of grounded in reality wisdom. Thank you, thank you! PS I have the attention span - have listened to many of your long programs for a year or two.
Damn near perfect. This will be the video I show people to bring them up to speed on the “how we got here” topic. Thank you for your efforts and framing. Wonderful.
So, I switched from Spotify to YouTube to see the slides but left a comment on Spotify. This is exactly the type of perspective and wisdom that needs to be amplified in the collective conscious and that does require outreach to those with shorter attention leashes. Thanks!
Do you have the shorter video available as a standalone that I could share widely? Without the intro? Many thanks!~
Just posted one!
https://substack.com/@natehagens/note/c-122521430
So glad I found you. This has been resonating in my brain since I was young… ‘ it’s a finite planet, behaving as if it has infinite resources is not sustainable, it’s murder/suicide’
Glad to hear your ideas 💙
To change the consciousness that resides within the global context you so brilliantly articulate, in my view, is the role of an Elder, which is often missing in most cultures.
Culture can change... thanks Nate... we can already see many realising that the way back to humanity, the species, is at the same time the way forward. My candidate for a Blue planet award for this (almost fun) pitch at ecological comprehension. Has to be the briefest ever! Smile.
Looks like your 4-minute version is gone from Substack. I’m not sure what happened to it, but Facebook removed it from my account. I requested a review and they confirmed that it violated Facebook policy.
Thanks for the link. This reminds me of the Universe Story (Brian Swimme) and Archaic Revival (Terence McKenna). In one of his talks, Schwab allowed for “isolated pockets of self-sustaining community” that will opt out of the 4IR. Most people assume that emergency response is a way to unravel certain ways of living and exploit the perceived crisis but it’s just as likely that others may be way ahead of the game using them to inspire resilience and create contingencies for the Net Energy Cliff. The key here is to look for the people living the principles in their everyday lives and to share their story. Some of them were broken by the system for the light that they shine but the torch is still lit. When they came for me I told them that it will only take 1 person who figures out how they operate and that this person will tell others.. they won’t know what hit them in the sense that things will change faster than they can snuff out individual leaders in time to stop it because we will all be shining brightly.
Many thanks for this brief and brilliant take on what's happening within humanity and where we're headed!
It deeply resonated with me, especially as I've been reflecting on a similar idea of the human race as a kind of superorganism, quite like a slime mold. And we know what happens to slime molds when their end is near...
I truly hope that the lack of solidarity from the upper-class capital owners begins to shift, along with emerging narratives and new visions of what truly matters in life and in our collective future to help with actually worthwhile investments...
Please, keep being voicing and publishing your thoughts!
Whether we choose life over power in the great simplification depends upon how well we identify, sideline, see-through and possibly participate in the annihilation of our own Ego and rationally explore what remains. Few know how the sciences and religions of the superorganism are contaminated by Ego, leading us to overshoot.
Fortunately, human nature is not set in stone. Human nature transforms with right-knowledge when we focus our Ego with wisdom and heart..
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That was epic Nate! Perfect for sharing with my family.