Crisis in Perception

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Walden Bello This episode explores Capitalism’s Last Stand by Walden Bello as a systems-level analysis of how overproduction, wage stagnation, globalization, and financialization 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: Marc Augé This episode explores Non-Places: An Introduction to Supermodernity by Marc Augé as a systems-level analysis of how modern infrastructure influences behavior, identity, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or aesthetics, the episode shows why the...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Cass R. Sunstein This episode explores Valuing Life: Humanizing the Regulatory State by Cass R. Sunstein as a systems-level analysis of how regulatory decision-making 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: Cass R. Sunstein This episode explores The Ethics of Influence by Cass R. Sunstein as a systems-level analysis of how choice architecture influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persi...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Matthew Vincent This episode explores [you] Ruined It for Everyone! by Matthew Vincent as a systems-level analysis of how blame, liability, marketing, and institutional risk avoidance influence 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: Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, and Stanley Schachter This episode explores When Prophecy Fails by Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, and Stanley Schachter as a systems-level analysis of how cognitive dissonance, social support, and irreversible commitment influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Film written and directed by Adam McKay This episode explores Don’t Look Up as a systems-level analysis of how media logic, political incentives, and corporate power influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or plot events, the episo...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Chris Hedges This episode explores I Don’t Believe in Atheists by Chris Hedges as a systems-level analysis of how ideological certainty influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or labels, the episode shows why these systems persist...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson This episode explores The Narrow Corridor by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson as a systems-level analysis of how state capacity, social mobilization, and institutional constraint influence behavior, belief, and political outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture r...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Army Service Forces This episode explores Logistics in World War II: Final Report of the Army Service Forces by the Army Service Forces as a systems-level analysis of how logistical capacity 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: Rick Atkinson This episode explores D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy, adapted from Rick Atkinson’s work, as a systems-level analysis of how logistics, weather, intelligence, deception, and command architecture influenced behavior, belief, and military outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Chris Hedges This episode explores The Greatest Evil Is War by Chris Hedges as a systems-level analysis of how permanent war influences behavior, belief, media legitimacy, 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: Rick Atkinson This episode explores An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942–1943 by Rick Atkinson as a systems-level analysis of how logistics, industrial production, coalition politics, command hierarchy, and human endurance shaped Allied victory. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than perso...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: James Holland This episode explores The Battle of Britain: Five Months That Changed History; May–October 1940 by James Holland as a systems-level analysis of how information architecture, aircraft production, intelligence incentives, and command design influenced behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. B...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: James Holland This episode explores The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943 by James Holland as a systems-level analysis of how global logistics, terrain, strategic air priorities, and ideological command structures influenced behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architect...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Michael Malice This episode explores The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics by Michael Malice as a systems-level analysis of how decentralized political subcultures influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or ev...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Jeremi Suri This episode explores Civil War by Other Means by Jeremi Suri as a systems-level analysis of how post-Civil War institutions, racial violence, labor control, and election structures influenced behavior, belief, and democratic outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Madeline Pendleton This episode explores I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt by Madeline Pendleton as a systems-level analysis of how debt, labor, housing, and inherited inequality influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than p...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Charles Fishman This episode explores The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water by Charles Fishman as a systems-level analysis of how water infrastructure, pricing, psychology, and local scarcity influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture r...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: David Zetland This episode explores Living with Water Scarcity by David Zetland as a systems-level analysis of how water pricing, utility finance, subsidies, property rights, and ecological limits influence 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: D. Q. McInerny This episode explores Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking by D. Q. McInerny as a systems-level analysis of how reasoning infrastructure influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why re...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Brink Lindsey and Steven M. Teles This episode explores The Captured Economy by Brink Lindsey and Steven M. Teles as a systems-level analysis of how regulatory capture 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: Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson This episode explores Winner-Take-All Politics by Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson as a systems-level analysis of how political rule design 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: Greg LeRoy This episode explores The Great American Jobs Scam: Corporate Tax Dodging and the Myth of Job Creation by Greg LeRoy as a systems-level analysis of how corporate subsidies, tax competition, and economic-development incentives influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on inc...

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world. Author: Peter Singer This episode explores Animal Liberation by Peter Singer as a systems-level analysis of how speciesism influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes. By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or isolated acts of cruelty, the episode shows why these systems persist —...