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Podcast: The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Episode: Biomimicry: Applying Nature's Wisdom to Human Problems with Janine Benyus
Description: (Conversation recorded on June 25th, 2024)  Although artificial intelligence tends to dominate conversations about solving our most daunting global challenges, we may actually find some of the most potent ideas hiding in plain sight in the natural world around us. In this episode, Nate is joined by Janine Benyus, who has spent decades advocating for biomimicry – a design principle that seeks to emulate nature's models, systems, and elements to solve complex human problems in ways that are sustainable and holistic. What would our social and technological innovations look like if we started from the foun...