Crisis in Perception

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas This episode explores How to Rig an Election by Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas as a systems-level analysis of how electoral systems can be used to shape behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes while preserving incumbent power. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Byung-Chul Han This episode explores The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han as a systems-level analysis of how self-exploitative productivity culture influences 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: Randall Munroe This episode explores What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe as a systems-level analysis of how physical scaling laws influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on threshold effects, thermodynamic limits, orbital constrain...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Gabor Maté and Daniel Maté. This episode explores The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing by Gabor Maté and Daniel Maté as a systems-level analysis of how modern culture and chronic stress influence behavior, belief, and health outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Gabor Maté This episode explores Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder by Gabor Maté as a systems-level analysis of how developmental environments 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: Dr. Sarah Ballantyne This episode explores Nutrivore: The Radical New Science of Nutrient-Focused Eating by Dr. Sarah Ballantyne as a systems-level analysis of how diet culture, nutrient density, and the modern food environment 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: Robert Lustig This episode explores Fat Chance: The Hidden Truth About Sugar and Disease by Robert Lustig as a systems-level analysis of how industrial food design, hormonal disruption, and metabolic dysfunction influence 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: Rick Alan Ross This episode explores Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out by Rick Alan Ross as a systems-level analysis of how coercive influence systems influence 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: Caitlin Doughty This episode explores Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? by Caitlin Doughty as a systems-level analysis of how the modern death-care system influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or isolated fears, the episode shows why...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Sander L. Gilman and James M. Thomas This episode explores Are Racists Crazy? How Prejudice and Racism Became Markers of Insanity by Sander L. Gilman and James M. Thomas as a systems-level analysis of how psychiatric authority and biopolitical governance influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes....

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Steven Hassan This episode explores The Cult of Trump by Steven Hassan as a systems-level analysis of how psychological influence systems and media ecosystems influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Stephen Kinzer This episode explores Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change by Stephen Kinzer as a systems-level analysis of how regime-change architecture 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: Mike Nelson This episode explores Stop Clutter from Stealing Your Life by Mike Nelson as a systems-level analysis of how anxiety, scarcity thinking, and emotional insecurity influence behavior, attachment, and relational outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than surface mess, the episode show...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: F. William Engdahl This episode explores Seeds of Destruction: The Hidden Agenda of Genetic Manipulation by F. William Engdahl as a systems-level analysis of how seed patents, agribusiness integration, and trade enforcement influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive archi...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Wallace Wright This episode explores Learn Systems Thinking: Problem Solving and Strategic Decision Making by Wallace Wright as a systems-level analysis of how hidden system structure influences 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: Neven Sesardić This episode explores When Reason Goes on Holiday by Neven Sesardić as a systems-level analysis of how academic reputational economies 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: Doug Smith This episode explores Big Death: Funeral Planning in the Age of Corporate Deathcare by Doug Smith as a systems-level analysis of how corporate deathcare influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode sho...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: F. William Engdahl This episode explores Manifest Destiny: Democracy as Cognitive Dissonance by F. William Engdahl as a systems-level analysis of how privatized democracy promotion influences 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: George S. Pransky This episode explores Life is a Metaphor by George S. Pransky as a systems-level analysis of how the perceptual rendering system generates experience and shapes belief. By focusing on internal mechanisms rather than external conditions, the episode shows how this system produces stable patter...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Richard Hanania This episode explores Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy by Richard Hanania as a systems-level analysis of how concentrated interests, bureaucratic incentives, and public ignorance 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: Naomi Klein This episode explores A Just Transition: Principles of a Holistic Climate Future as a systems-level analysis of how extractive economic systems influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture and institutional silos, the episode shows why fragmented cli...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Mary Roach This episode explores Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach as a systems-level analysis of how cadavers influence medicine, safety systems, and institutional knowledge. 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: Sandra Felton and Marsha Sims This episode explores 5 Days to a Clutter-Free House as a systems-level analysis of how cognitive limits and decision-making structures influence behavior, perception, and environmental outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than individual habits, the episode show...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Ruby Rey This episode explores I Don't Have a Bucket List But My F ck-It List Is a Mile Long* by Ruby Rey as a systems-level analysis of how biological and behavioral systems influence 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: Ruth Wilson Gilmore This episode explores Golden Gulag: Prisons and Crisis in California by Ruth Wilson Gilmore as a systems-level analysis of how carceral expansion influences belief, governance, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode...