Crisis in Perception

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb This episode explores Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb as a systems-level analysis of how institutional attempts to eliminate volatility often increase hidden fragility. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the epis...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: William Harris This episode explores The AI Revolution: Harnessing the Power of Intelligent Machines & Unleashing the Potential of Artificial Intelligence by William Harris as a systems-level analysis of how artificial intelligence influences labor systems, institutional behavior, surveillance structures,...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Scientific American Editors This episode explores The Future of Energy by Scientific American Editors as a systems-level analysis of how energy infrastructure 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: Olivier De Schutter This episode explores The Poverty of Growth by Olivier De Schutter as a systems-level analysis of how GDP-centered economic systems influence labor, inequality, ecological pressure, and institutional behavior. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or political trib...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Scientific American editors and contributing researchers. This episode explores The Science of Pain as a systems-level analysis of how neurological, immune, and psychological systems influence suffering, perception, and medical treatment. By focusing on incentive architecture and biological feedback loops rath...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Carissa Véliz This episode explores Privacy Is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data by Carissa Véliz as a systems-level analysis of how surveillance capitalism influences autonomy, behavior, and institutional power. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than individual technology...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Scientific American Editors This episode explores the Scientific American sleep collection as a systems-level analysis of how sleep architecture influences memory, emotional regulation, perception, and institutional behavior. By focusing on biological incentive architecture rather than productivity culture or...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Nicholas Baer et al. This episode explores Unwatchable by Nicholas Baer and others as a systems-level analysis of how media infrastructures influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems pers...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Michael Kimmel This episode explores Angry White Men by Michael Kimmel as a systems-level analysis of how economic insecurity, masculine identity systems, and outrage media influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the epi...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Anna Kornbluh This episode explores Realizing Capital: Financial and Psychic Economies in Victorian Form by Anna Kornbluh as a systems-level analysis of how financial abstraction influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or isolated...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Mancur Olson This episode explores The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities by Mancur Olson as a systems-level analysis of how political stability, organized interests, and collective-action asymmetries influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focus...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Kenneth D. Rose This episode explores One Nation Underground by Kenneth D. Rose as a systems-level analysis of how nuclear deterrence, civil defense, and existential fear reshaped American culture during the Cold War. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or nostalgia, the episode rev...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: JD Chandler and Theresa Griffin Kennedy This episode explores Murder & Scandal in Prohibition Portland by JD Chandler and Theresa Griffin Kennedy as a systems-level analysis of how Prohibition, police power, municipal corruption, and organized vice influenced behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. B...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Rachel Elise Barkow This episode explores Prisoners of Politics by Rachel Elise Barkow as a systems-level analysis of how electoral incentives and prosecutorial power influence criminal justice outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these syst...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Scientific American Editors This episode explores Black Holes: Going to Extremes by Scientific American Editors as a systems-level analysis of how black holes influence scientific belief, theoretical physics, and the structure of reality itself. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities o...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Scientific American contributors. This episode explores Scientific American’s work on mobile technology, social media, and the brain as a systems-level analysis of how digital interface architecture influences behavior, belief, memory, attention, and developmental outcomes. By focusing on incentive architectur...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Scientific American This episode explores Time by Scientific American as a systems-level analysis of how relativity, entropy, cognition, and synchronization systems influence human perception and institutional organization. By focusing on observer-dependent reality, biological timing systems, and technological...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Scientific American Editors This episode explores The Changing Face of War by the editors of Scientific American as a systems-level analysis of how networked technological infrastructure influences modern conflict, civilian vulnerability, and institutional behavior. By focusing on incentive architecture rather...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Scientific American This episode explores a Scientific American anthology on neuroscience and learning as a systems-level analysis of how cognitive architecture, stress regulation, and institutional education influence behavior, belief, and academic outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than p...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Scientific American This episode explores Amazing Animals by Scientific American as a systems-level analysis of how evolutionary pressures shape animal behavior, adaptive intelligence, and ecological survival systems. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than emotional projection or surface interpretat...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Scientific American This episode explores the Scientific American Chemistry Collection as a systems-level analysis of how thermodynamic constraints, atmospheric chemistry, and molecular structures influence technological systems, environmental stability, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive arc...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Scientific American Editors This episode explores IQ2O: Getting Smart About Water by Scientific American Editors as a systems-level analysis of how groundwater depletion, infrastructure design, and economic incentives influence institutional outcomes and long-term water security. By focusing on incentive archi...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Scientific American This episode explores The Science of Monsters as a systems-level analysis of how biological, psychological, and environmental systems influence behavior, belief, and perception. By focusing on behavioral manipulation, evolutionary incentives, and cognitive vulnerability, the episode reveals...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Scientific American Editors This episode explores Navigating Anxiety & Depression as a systems-level analysis of how modern environments overload predictive survival systems and reshape mental health outcomes. By focusing on neural circuitry, environmental volatility, inflammation, uncertainty, and institu...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Scientific American This episode explores early child development as a systems-level analysis of how prolonged human dependency shapes cognition, learning, and social behavior. By focusing on evolutionary tradeoffs, neuroplasticity, environmental calibration, and developmental feedback loops, the episode exami...