Crisis in Perception

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Doug Macdougall This episode explores Frozen Earth by Doug Macdougall as a systems-level analysis of how planetary climate systems influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on feedback architecture rather than isolated events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: David Shonting and Cathy Ezrailson This episode explores Chicxulub: The Impact and Tsunami by David Shonting and Cathy Ezrailson as a systems-level analysis of how planetary energy transfer influences extinction, climate disruption, and evolutionary outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than p...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Bill Bryson This episode explores The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson as a systems-level analysis of how biological infrastructure influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems p...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Bill Bryson This episode explores A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson as a systems-level analysis of how cosmic and biological systems influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these s...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Carlo Rovelli This episode explores Reality Is Not What It Seems by Carlo Rovelli as a systems-level analysis of how quantum relational structure influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these syste...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Ken Kesey This episode explores One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey as a systems-level analysis of how institutional control influences behavior, belief, and identity. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how t...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Harry Cliff This episode explores How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch: In Search of the Recipe for Our Universe by Harry Cliff as a systems-level analysis of how particle physics, quantum fields, and reductionist explanation influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive arc...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Harry Cliff This episode explores Space Oddities by Harry Cliff as a systems-level analysis of how scientific measurement systems influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than isolated discoveries, the episode shows why anomalies appear, why many disa...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Philip Pullman This episode explores The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman as a systems-level analysis of how institutional control over knowledge influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these syste...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: John Steinbeck This episode explores The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck as a systems-level analysis of how finance, land ownership, mechanized agriculture, and labor markets influence 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: Quinn Slobodian This episode explores Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism by Quinn Slobodian as a systems-level analysis of how supranational legal architecture influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or e...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Charles Sabel and David Victor This episode explores Climate Action by Charles Sabel and David Victor as a systems-level analysis of how global climate governance influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode show...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Henry A. Giroux This episode explores America's Education Deficit and the War on Youth by Henry A. Giroux as a systems-level analysis of how casino capitalism, public pedagogy, and the decline of the social state influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Richard D. Wolff This episode explores Understanding Marxism by Richard D. Wolff as a systems-level analysis of how workplace hierarchy, surplus extraction, and capitalist incentive structures influence 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: Richard D. Wolff This episode explores The Sickness is the System by Richard D. Wolff as a systems-level analysis of how capitalist production, workplace hierarchy, and profit incentives influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or e...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Rob Nixon This episode explores Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor by Rob Nixon as a systems-level analysis of how delayed environmental destruction influences perception, accountability, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than isolated disasters, the episo...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Clara E. Mattei This episode explores The Capital Order by Clara E. Mattei as a systems-level analysis of how austerity influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why austerity persists — and how it conne...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Jane Hirschmann and Carol Munter This episode explores When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies by Jane Hirschmann and Carol Munter as a systems-level analysis of how body hatred, dieting, cultural approval, and internalized control influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive ar...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Asher D. Cutter This episode explores Evolving Tomorrow by Asher D. Cutter as a systems-level analysis of how genetic engineering, gene drives, and genetic welding influence behavior, belief, and ecological outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows w...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: John Brockman This episode explores Life by John Brockman as a systems-level analysis of how biological information systems influence behavior, adaptation, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than isolated organisms or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — a...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Max Tegmark This episode explores Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark as a systems-level analysis of how AI optimization systems influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they conn...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Suzana Herculano-Houzel This episode explores The Human Advantage: A New Understanding of How Our Brain Became Remarkable by Suzana Herculano-Houzel as a systems-level analysis of how biology, energy constraints, cortical neurons, and cooking influenced human cognition. By focusing on evolutionary scaling and...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Arundhati Roy This episode explores The Doctor and the Saint: Caste, Race, and Annihilation of Caste by Arundhati Roy as a systems-level analysis of how caste hierarchy influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episod...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Danielle L. McGuire This episode explores At the Dark End of the Street by Danielle L. McGuire as a systems-level analysis of how Jim Crow racial order influenced bodily integrity, public testimony, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episo...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle This episode explores We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life’s 20 Questions by Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle as a systems-level analysis of how familial conditioning, cultural hierarchy, and productivity norms influence behavior, belief, and institu...