**Energy & Resource Crisis - The global economy is built on cheap fossil fuel energy, but energy return on investment (EROI) is declining.
Depleting resources (oil, minerals, water) make economic growth harder to sustain.
Renewable energy cannot fully replace fossil fuels at the scale needed without massive material investment. Ecological & Environmental Crisis - Climate change, biodiversity loss, deforestation, soil depletion, and pollution are accelerating.**
**Pollution & Plastics – Air and water pollution, microplastic contamination, toxic waste, environmental and health consequences.
Planetary Boundaries are being breached, leading to ecosystem collapse.
Overshooting Earth's biocapacity threatens food security and life-support systems.**
**Public Health Crises – Chronic diseases (obesity, diabetes, heart disease), antibiotic resistance, healthcare system collapse, mental health crisis.
Financial & Economic Crisis - The modern economy is built on debt-based growth, requiring ever-increasing consumption. Wealth inequality, inflation, and financial instability are worsening. Stock markets, GDP growth, and money printing are disconnected from real-world resources.**
Behavioral & Psychological Crisis Humans are wired for short-term rewards (dopamine-driven behavior), making long-term planning difficult. Consumer culture, social media addiction, and misinformation distort reality. Political & Institutional Crisis Governments and institutions are reactive, not proactive, failing to address systemic risks. Short election cycles prioritize economic growth over sustainability. Cultural & Meaning Crisis Many people feel disconnected from nature, community, and a sense of purpose. Modern life is focused on individual success rather than collective well-being.
**Dr. Nate Hagens, a former Wall Street financier turned systems thinker, describes the meta-crisis as a convergence of multiple interconnected global crises that together threaten the stability of human civilization. His work emphasizes that these crises are not isolated but rather systemically linked, meaning solutions must address the root causes rather than just symptoms.**
**He interviews a variety of experts on the following Podcast platforms.**
• Website: The Great Simplification
https://www.thegreatsimplification.com
• Apple Podcasts: The Great Simplification on Apple Podcasts
• Spotify: The Great Simplification on Spotify
• YouTube Channel: The Great Simplification on YouTube