Nate Hagens is the Executive Director of The Institute for the Study of Energy & Our Future (ISEOF). Allied with leading ecologists, energy experts, politicians, and systems thinkers, ISEOF assembles roadmaps for understanding how human societies might adapt to lower-throughput lifestyles.
Currently, Nate hosts the podcast The Great Simplification, where he has conversations with experts in energy, ecology, government, technology, and the economy to provide a systemic view of the world around us.
After ten years in finance, Nate left Wall Street to study the interrelationships between energy, ecology, and economics—and the implications for human futures. He was the Managing Editor of The Oil Drum, one of the most respected websites for analysis and discussion of global energy supplies and implications of the upcoming energy transition.
Articles / Blog posts
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An Overview of the Systemic Implications of the Coronavirus
March 25, 2020
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Uncharted Territory: Nate Hagens on coronavirus and the economy
March 17, 2020
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The Human Predicament
July 11, 2019
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Where are we going?
May 9, 2018
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Energy, Money and Technology – From the Lens of the Superorganism
January 26, 2018
