Crisis in Perception

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Zoey Arielle Poulsen This episode explores Love the Sh!t Out Of Yourself by Zoey Arielle Poulsen as a systems-level analysis of how internal cognitive systems influence behavior, belief, and perceived control. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than individual outcomes, the episode shows why affirmat...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Peter Atkins This episode explores Life is Short And So Is This Book by Peter Atkins as a systems-level analysis of how biological mismatch, social incentives, and attention structures influence behavior, belief, and life allocation. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personality traits or motiv...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Tara Herivel and Paul Wright This episode explores Prison Profiteers: Who Makes Money from Mass Incarceration by Tara Herivel and Paul Wright as a systems-level analysis of how the prison-industrial complex influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather th...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Nita A. Farahany This episode explores The Battle for Your Brain by Nita A. Farahany as a systems-level analysis of how neurotechnology, raw neural data, and institutional surveillance 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: Zygmunt Bauman This episode explores Retrotopia: Zygmunt Bauman and the Age of Nostalgia by Zygmunt Bauman as a systems-level analysis of how the collapse of future-oriented security influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or even...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Wendy Brown This episode explores Nihilistic Times: Thinking with Max Weber by Wendy Brown as a systems-level analysis of how modern knowledge 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: Achille Mbembe This episode explores Necropolitics by Achille Mbembe as a systems-level analysis of how modern sovereignty organized through exposure to death 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. Editors: Laura Feldt and Jan N. Bremmer This episode explores Marginality, Media, and Mutations of Religious Authority in Christianity by Laura Feldt and Jan N. Bremmer as a systems-level analysis of how marginality, media, and institutional legitimacy influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusin...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Gloria Feldt This episode explores The War on Choice: The Fight for Women's Rights in America by Gloria Feldt as a systems-level analysis of how reproductive politics, legal personhood, and bureaucratic control influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture ra...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Byung-Chul Han This episode explores Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power by Byung-Chul Han as a systems-level analysis of how neoliberal psychopolitics influences 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: Alberto Toscano This episode explores Late Fascism: Race, Capitalism and the Politics of Crisis by Alberto Toscano as a systems-level analysis of how racial capitalism under crisis conditions 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: Albert Rutherford & Abby Gordon This episode explores Statistics Simplified: Advanced Thinking Skills by Albert Rutherford and Abby Gordon as a systems-level analysis of how statistical systems influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than individ...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: T. R. Reid This episode explores A Fine Mess: A Global Quest for Better Tax Systems by T. R. Reid as a systems-level analysis of how tax-code design 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: Thomas Ferguson This episode explores Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Party Competition by Thomas Ferguson as a systems-level analysis of how investor-driven political structures 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: bell hooks This episode explores Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope by bell hooks as a systems-level analysis of how institutional education influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these system...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Merlin Coverley This episode explores Psychogeography by Merlin Coverley as a systems-level analysis of how urban space influences behavior, perception, and institutional outcomes. 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: Deepu Pandita and Anu Pandita This episode explores CRISPR/Cas-Mediated Genome Editing in Plants by Deepu Pandita and Anu Pandita as a systems-level analysis of how precision genome editing influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Jaron Lanier This episode explores Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier as a systems-level analysis of how digital network architecture influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Dr. Ramani Durvasula This episode explores It’s Not You: A Guide to Healing from Narcissism by Dr. Ramani Durvasula as a systems-level analysis of how narcissistic relational systems influence identity, perception, and behavior. 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: Unknown This episode explores Narcissists: A Guide to Identifying Manipulation and Reclaiming Control as a systems-level analysis of how interpersonal extraction systems influence perception, behavior, and relational outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personality, the episode shows why...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Neil Shubin This episode explores Your Inner Fish: A Journey into Human Evolutionary History by Neil Shubin as a systems-level analysis of how evolutionary constraints shape anatomy, behavior, and biological outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture and structural limitations rather than isolated traits,...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Merlin Coverley This episode explores Hauntology: Ghosts of Futures Past by Merlin Coverley as a systems-level analysis of how digital archives, cultural production systems, and ideological constraints influence behavior, perception, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Christopher Nolan This episode explores Memento by Christopher Nolan as a systems-level analysis of how external memory architecture influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist —...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Film Case Study: The Matrix (1999) This episode analyzes The Matrix as a systems-level model of how perception can be structured, filtered, and stabilized through mediated environments. Rather than focusing on characters or plot, the episode examines how systems can replace direct reality with representations, align i...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: George Orwell This episode explores Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell as a systems-level analysis of how information control, administrative hierarchy, and ideological conformity influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or...