The Great Simplification - Full Movie

 This 32 minute animation -in 4 Acts - describes the backdrop for The Great Simplification - an economic/cultural transition beginning in the not-too-distant future.

We made this movie, originally as a framing 'teaser' for the new podcast thegreatsimplification.com, but the project....expanded over time. Part 1 describes how our species got to this point, and the role of energy in our economies Part 2 gives an overview of the relationship between energy, technology, money and the environment and how global human society is (currently) akin to a metabolic heat engine Part 3 gives an overview of individual (and aggregate) human behavior tendencies in a novel modern environment and why these dynamics are relevant to our current challenges Part 4 describes how people look at the future wearing different popular lenses, but when wearing a 'systems' lens, it becomes clear that a Great Simplification is soon approaching. There are show notes pinned in the comments and also at thegreatsimplification.com Please subscribe to this channel or the podcast for more content and context about what we can do to meet the future halfway.

Here are show notes and references hosted on the podcast site: thegreatsimplification.com