Crisis in Perception

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Joel and Andrew Skousen This episode explores Strategic Relocation: North American Guide to Safe Places by Joel and Andrew Skousen as a systems-level analysis of how urban dependency architecture influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personal...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Sarah T. Roberts This episode explores Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media by Sarah T. Roberts as a systems-level analysis of how hidden content moderation labor infrastructure influences 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: Jonathan Rauch This episode explores Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy by Jonathan Rauch as a systems-level analysis of how religious and political identity formation influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than person...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Jonathan Rauch This episode explores The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50 by Jonathan Rauch as a systems-level analysis of how biological and cognitive structures influence behavior, belief, and life satisfaction. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personal outcomes, the episode sh...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Michel Foucault This episode explores Power: Essential Works of Foucault 1954–1984 by Michel Foucault as a systems-level analysis of how knowledge-power systems influence behavior, belief, and institutional 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: Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, and Bonnie Lisle This episode explores Rereading America by Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, and Bonnie Lisle as a systems-level analysis of how cultural myths influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or eve...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Audrey Petty This episode explores High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing by Audrey Petty as a systems-level analysis of how public housing policy, municipal neglect, and redevelopment incentives 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: Thomas Richards This episode explores Problem-Solving: Strategies for Critical Thinking and Decision Making by Thomas Richards as a systems-level analysis of how cognitive representation systems influence behavior, perception, and decision-making outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture and biological c...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Multiple authors This episode explores Critical Thinking Through Debate as a systems-level analysis of how structured argumentation influences belief, decision-making, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or opinions, the episode shows why debate systems p...

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...