Crisis in Perception

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Thomas Nagel This episode explores What Is It Like to Be a Bat? by Thomas Nagel as a systems-level analysis of how scientific objectivity influences belief, behavior, and institutional definitions of reality. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why subje...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Annaka Harris This episode explores Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind by Annaka Harris as a systems-level analysis of how consciousness, perception, and neural processing influence behavior, belief, and institutional assumptions about agency. By focusing on incentive architecture...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz This episode explores Not “A Nation of Immigrants” as a systems-level analysis of how identity narratives influence perception, behavior, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than surface-level debates, the episode shows why these narratives persist and...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz This episode explores An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz as a systems-level analysis of how settler colonialism and land commodification influence 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: Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green This episode explores The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears by Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green as a systems-level analysis of how land expansion, federalism, legal classification, and racial ideology influenced behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing o...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz This episode explores Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz as a systems-level analysis of how civilian armament influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. 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: David Pozen This episode explores The Constitution of the War on Drugs by David Pozen as a systems-level analysis of how constitutional design influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Lisa McGirr This episode explores The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State by Lisa McGirr as a systems-level analysis of how Prohibition influenced federal policing, selective enforcement, prison growth, political realignment, and the later architecture of narcotics control. By focusi...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Godfrey Pearlson This episode explores Weed Science: Cannabis Controversies and Challenges by Godfrey Pearlson as a systems-level analysis of how biological systems, market incentives, and regulatory structures 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: Helen Macdonald & Ian Harper This episode explores Understanding Tuberculosis and Its Control by Helen Macdonald and Ian Harper as a systems-level analysis of how global health governance and standardized intervention systems influence behavior, treatment adherence, and institutional outcomes. By focusing...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Jelena Batinić This episode explores Women and Yugoslav Partisans by Jelena Batinić as a systems-level analysis of how revolutionary mobilization, gendered labor, cultural memory, and institutional discipline influence behavior, belief, and political outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Chris Berg and John Roskam This episode explores Magna Carta: The Tax Revolt that Gave Us Liberty by Chris Berg and John Roskam as a systems-level analysis of how taxation, consent, and institutional constraint influence behavior, belief, and political outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather tha...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Sheldon S. Wolin This episode explores Fugitive Democracy and Other Essays by Sheldon S. Wolin as a systems-level analysis of how constitutional design and institutional structures influence behavior, belief, and political 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: Sheldon S. Wolin This episode explores Democracy Incorporated by Sheldon S. Wolin as a systems-level analysis of how managed democracy and corporate-state integration influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode s...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Anil Seth This episode explores Being You by Anil Seth as a systems-level analysis of how predictive biology influences perception, identity, and conscious experience. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than philosophical abstraction, the episode shows why perception operates as a survival mechanism...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Daniel Immerwahr This episode explores How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr as a systems-level analysis of how maps, territories, military logistics, synthetic materials, and global standards influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on inc...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Will Storr This episode explores The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr as a systems-level analysis of how narrative cognition influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why narrative-driven perception...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Will Storr This episode explores The Status Game by Will Storr as a systems-level analysis of how status hierarchies 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: Will Storr This episode explores The Heretics: Adventures with the Enemies of Science by Will Storr as a systems-level analysis of how belief formation, memory, identity protection, and tribal belonging influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than pe...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Zizi Papacharissi This episode explores After Democracy: Imagining Our Political Future by Zizi Papacharissi as a systems-level analysis of how democratic institutions, media systems, technology, and capitalism 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: Todd Rose This episode explores Collective Illusions by Todd Rose as a systems-level analysis of how social perception systems influence belief, behavior, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than individual psychology, the episode shows why false consensus persists—and how...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Todd Rose This episode explores The End of Average by Todd Rose as a systems-level analysis of how averagarian design influences 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 co...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Teppo Eskelinen This episode explores The Revival of Political Imagination edited by Teppo Eskelinen as a systems-level analysis of how political imagination influences 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: George A. Gonzalez This episode explores The Politics of Star Trek by George A. Gonzalez as a systems-level analysis of how science fiction can expose the political logic behind security, empire, utopianism, neoliberalism, and American foreign policy. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than character...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Cristina Bellon, Roberta Grasselli, and Federico Pasquaré Mariotto This episode explores Don’t Look Up: A Metaphor for Western Civilization by Cristina Bellon, Roberta Grasselli, and Federico Pasquaré Mariotto as a systems-level analysis of how media spectacle, political short-termism, techno-capitalist incent...