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Podcast: The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Episode: The 'Decline' of Nations: How Elite Surplus and Inequality Lead to Societal Upheaval with Peter Turchin
Description: (Conversation recorded on November 22nd, 2024)  The first few months of the new year have brought a cacophony of political news and power plays, bringing with it an uproar of public outrage in the United States and around the world. In the midst of an unprecedented moment in modern history, what can history – and even mathematics – teach us about moments of political unrest and upheaval? In this episode, Nate is joined by complexity scientist, Peter Turchin, to discuss his work modeling the key factors that drive patterns of peace, turmoil, and revolution in nations throug...