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The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Key Blindspots of the "Walrus" Movement | Frankly 105

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Nate Hagens

Science, Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences

4.8550 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In this week's Frankly, Nate unpacks some key blindspots of "the walrus movement"—a placeholder label that's a gentle nod to those championing bold social and ecological ideals. While mostly well-intentioned, this "movement" can miss the stark limits of our planet's unfolding biophysical reality.

What happens when lofty goals sidestep ecological and energetic realities? How might we incorporate these oversights to drive clear, purposeful action towards a (more) sustainable future? And how do we ground ourselves in biophysical truths while envisioning a system that better serves the planet and its people?

(Recorded August 11, 2025)

 

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0:00.0

In response to my recent core myths still being taught in business school video, many people

0:07.1

suggested that I do the opposite and critique, for instance, Marxism or progressivism or

0:14.0

postmodernism.

0:15.0

And I started thinking, what would be the opposite of business school beliefs?

0:22.8

And I came up with a whole smorgas board of options.

0:26.5

Well, labels, really.

0:28.9

Then I started to obviously get concerned because after talking to folks and reading some

0:35.0

things, it became apparent that many of these labels no longer have the meanings in our culture, the way they once did.

0:42.9

And many of them have become part and parcel of our current culture wars.

0:47.9

And I'd be telling people that have an identity, what their identity is, something that

0:52.6

we're trying to move beyond, both in the content

0:56.2

and demeanor of this platform, the great simplification.

1:01.7

However, the deeper goal of this podcast and my work is to shine light on reality insofar as it provides clarity for viable choices and responses

1:14.7

in the road ahead of us.

1:17.8

So with that is my original goal, I've decided to playfully title this, frankly, the key

1:22.6

blind spots of the walrus movement.

1:26.1

And you can infer where these blind spots reside from the context.

1:31.3

Yes, the walrus movement has been a vital force in expanding rights, challenging

1:36.6

injustices, and confronting environmental damage.

1:41.0

But like every large tribe of humans, it carries its own blind spots.

1:47.5

And some of these are so baked in, they feel like common sense, until you look at them from a

1:52.9

wider systems lens.

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