Crisis in Perception

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The Origins of Virtue by Matt Ridley as a systems-level analysis of cooperation, reciprocity, and trust. The discussion examines: • incentive structures • institutional persistence • feedback loops • hidden system dynamics • structural outcomes The deeper system examined here is the evolutionary...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker as a systems-level analysis of human language. The discussion examines evolutionary adaptation, universal grammar, incentive structures for communication, institutional misunderstandings about language, and the hidden cognitive architecture that makes human...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The Humanure Handbook by Joseph Jenkins as a systems-level analysis of the human nutrient cycle. The discussion examines how sanitation infrastructure, agricultural systems, water management, and cultural perceptions of waste interact to produce long-term environmental outcomes. Viewed structural...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Poop Culture by Dave Praeger as a systems-level analysis of sanitation infrastructure and cultural taboo systems. The discussion examines: • incentive structures • institutional persistence • feedback loops • hidden system dynamics • structural outcomes 📺 Watch on YouTube: 👉 https://youtu.be/MX...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores seawater batteries as a systems-level analysis of energy storage architecture. The discussion examines how modern batteries rely on closed systems built around finite resources, while emerging seawater battery designs attempt to connect energy storage directly to naturally circulating planetary s...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Policing the Planet, edited by Jordan T. Camp and Christina Heatherton, as a systems-level analysis of neoliberal urban governance. The discussion examines incentive structures, institutional persistence, feedback loops, hidden system dynamics, and structural outcomes surrounding broken windows p...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores We Do This 'Til We Free Us by Mariame Kaba as a systems-level analysis of the prison-industrial complex and the institutional logic of punishment. The discussion examines how incentive structures, political institutions, and cultural assumptions about justice interact to shape policing, priso...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Government in the Future by Noam Chomsky as a systems-level analysis of economic and political authority. The discussion examines: • incentive structures • institutional persistence • feedback loops • hidden system dynamics • structural outcomes 📺 Watch on YouTube: 👉 https://youtu.be/OmV80hsV3i...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores An Epidemic of Absence by Moises Velasquez-Manoff as a systems-level analysis of the human immune ecosystem. The discussion examines: • incentive structures • institutional persistence • feedback loops • hidden system dynamics • structural outcomes 📺 Watch on YouTube: 👉 https://youtu.be/ihEuuQH...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Missing Microbes by Martin J. Blaser as a systems-level analysis of the human microbiome. The discussion examines incentive structures, institutional persistence, ecological feedback loops, microbial diversity, evolutionary tradeoffs, and the hidden biological systems that help regulate human hea...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores a collection of Scientific American articles as a systems-level analysis of the human immune ecosystem. The discussion examines: • incentive structures • institutional persistence • feedback loops • hidden system dynamics • structural outcomes 📺 Watch on YouTube: 👉 https://youtu.be/8cDUwxIAGVc...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This analysis examines a collection of Scientific American articles as a systems-level exploration of digital epistemology and belief formation. The discussion examines incentive structures, institutional persistence, feedback loops, algorithmic amplification, social conformity, and the hidden architecture of informat...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human by Richard Wrangham as a systems-level analysis of human evolutionary energy systems. The discussion examines: • incentive structures • institutional persistence • feedback loops • hidden system dynamics • structural outcomes 📺 Watch on YouTube: 👉 https:...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Escape from Overshoot by Peter A. Victor as a systems-level analysis of growth-dependent economic systems and ecological overshoot. The discussion examines: • incentive structures • institutional persistence • ecological limits • financialization • feedback loops • hidden system dynamics 📺 Watch...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown by Andreas Malm and Wim Carton as a systems-level analysis of fossil capital and climate governance. The discussion examines: • incentive structures • institutional persistence • feedback loops • hidden system dynamics • structural outcome...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Does It Matter by Alan Watts as a systems-level analysis of symbolic abstraction systems. The discussion examines: • incentive structures • institutional persistence • feedback loops • hidden system dynamics • structural outcomes 📺 Watch on YouTube: 👉 https://youtu.be/TdwWoXaKHUw ❤️ Support on...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores A Return to Common Sense by Leigh McGowan as a systems-level analysis of democratic institutional design. The discussion examines: • incentive structures • institutional persistence • feedback loops • hidden system dynamics • structural outcomes 📺 Watch on YouTube: 👉 https://youtu.be/v3pREx6hdV...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick as a systems-level analysis of reality construction, authenticity, and epistemological systems. The discussion examines: • incentive structures • institutional persistence • feedback loops • historical legitimacy • hidden system dynamics 📺 Watch on Yo...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Minority Report by Philip K. Dick as a systems-level analysis of institutional homeostasis. The discussion examines: • incentive structures • institutional persistence • feedback loops • automated governance • media-reality construction • structural outcomes 📺 Watch on YouTube: 👉 https://youtu....

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson as a systems-level analysis of reputation and repression systems. The discussion examines: • incentive structures • institutional persistence • feedback loops • hidden system dynamics • structural outcomes 📺 Watch on YouTube:...

Spotify Description Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores I, Robot by Isaac Asimov as a systems-level analysis of axiomatic governance systems. The discussion examines incentive structures, institutional persistence, feedback loops, hidden system dynamics, and the unintended consequences that emerge when simple rules are applied to c...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Outside Looking In by John Corcelli as a systems-level analysis of linguistic and institutional control. The discussion examines: • incentive structures • institutional persistence • feedback loops • hidden system dynamics • structural outcomes 📺 Watch on YouTube: 👉 https://youtu.be/5iluPL-0ohc...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Human Rights and Macroeconomics by Santosh Mehrotra and Enrique Delamonica as a systems-level analysis of development economics and human capability formation. The discussion examines: • incentive structures • institutional persistence • feedback loops • governance systems • austerity policies •...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores What Do I Do When People I Know Are Racist? by Caitie McAneney as a systems-level analysis of cultural transmission systems. The discussion examines: • incentive structures • institutional persistence • feedback loops • hidden system dynamics • structural outcomes 📺 Watch on YouTube: 👉 https://...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. This episode explores Spite: The Upside of Your Dark Side by Simon McCarthy-Jones as a systems-level analysis of fairness enforcement systems. The discussion examines: • incentive structures • institutional persistence • feedback loops • hidden system dynamics • structural outcomes 📺 Watch on YouTube: 👉 https://yout...