Crisis in Perception

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Noam Chomsky This episode explores The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many by Noam Chomsky as a systems-level analysis of how transnational economic governance influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Vincent Ialenti This episode explores Deep Time Reckoning: How Future Thinking Can Help Earth Now by Vincent Ialenti as a systems-level analysis of how institutional time horizons influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events,...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Derek Wall This episode explores Economics After Capitalism: A Guide to the Ruins by Derek Wall as a systems-level analysis of how growth-dependent capitalism influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows wh...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Adam Briggle This episode explores Thinking Through Climate Change: A Philosophy of Energy by Adam Briggle as a systems-level analysis of how modern energy metaphysics influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Gordon Mead Bennett This episode explores How to Avoid Probate by Creating a Living Trust by Gordon Mead Bennett as a systems-level analysis of how legal ownership structures influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the e...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Martha M. Ertman and Joan C. Williams This episode explores Rethinking Commodification: Cases and Readings in Law and Culture by Martha M. Ertman and Joan C. Williams as a systems-level analysis of how legal and market structures influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: John Medina This episode explores Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving by John Medina as a systems-level analysis of how modern educational and workplace design influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, t...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Henry A. Giroux This episode explores Politics After Hope: Obama and the Crisis of Democracy by Henry A. Giroux as a systems-level analysis of how neoliberal governance, public pedagogy, and the punishing state influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rathe...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Henry A. Giroux This episode explores Youth in a Suspect Society: Democracy or Disposability? by Henry A. Giroux as a systems-level analysis of how neoliberal governance, consumer pedagogy, and the punishing state influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rat...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Henry A. Giroux This episode explores America at War with Itself by Henry A. Giroux as a systems-level analysis of how neoliberal militarization and civic illiteracy influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode sh...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: bell hooks This episode explores Belonging: A Culture of Place by bell hooks as a systems-level analysis of how land, geography, and racialized space influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these sy...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: James Forman Jr. This episode explores Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman Jr. as a systems-level analysis of how a fragmented criminal justice structure influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalitie...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Tanya Erzen This episode explores God in Captivity: Faith-Based Ministry and Mass Incarceration by Tanya Erzen as a systems-level analysis of how faith-based prison ministry within the carceral system influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than per...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Judith Butler This episode explores Gender Trouble by Judith Butler as a systems-level analysis of how the heterosexual matrix influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and ho...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Nancy Fraser This episode explores Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System Devours the World by Nancy Fraser as a systems-level analysis of how capitalism as an institutionalized social order influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Ruth Wilson Gilmore This episode explores Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation by Ruth Wilson Gilmore as a systems-level analysis of how racial capitalism, carceral geography, and the anti-state state influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: David de Jong This episode explores Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties by David de Jong as a systems-level analysis of how dynastic capital influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar This episode explores The Madwoman in the Attic by Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar as a systems-level analysis of how patriarchal literary authority influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or ev...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Yanis Varoufakis This episode explores Technofeudalism: The End of Capitalism and Rise of Cloud Capital by Yanis Varoufakis as a systems-level analysis of how cloud capital influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the ep...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Damien Cahill and Phillip Toner This episode explores Wrong Way: The Cost of Australia’s Economic Reform by Damien Cahill and Phillip Toner as a systems-level analysis of how privatisation, deregulation, and marketisation influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architec...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Thom Hartmann This episode explores Living with ADHD: Simple Exercises to Change Your Daily Life by Thom Hartmann as a systems-level analysis of how institutional structures influence behavior, perception, and definitions of normal cognition. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than individuals, the e...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Boris Vormann and Christian Lammert This episode explores Democracy in Crisis: The Neoliberal Roots of Popular Unrest by Boris Vormann and Christian Lammert as a systems-level analysis of how neoliberal governance influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture ra...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: William Strauss and Neil Howe This episode explores The Fourth Turning: Cycles of History and American Prophecy by William Strauss and Neil Howe as a systems-level analysis of how generational cycles and institutional entropy influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive arch...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Erich Maria Remarque This episode explores All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque as a systems-level analysis of how industrialized warfare reshapes identity, behavior, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than individual experience, the episode shows why thi...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Thomas Fuchs This episode explores Ecology of the Brain: The Biology of the Embodied Mind by Thomas Fuchs as a systems-level analysis of how the brain–body–environment system influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the...