Crisis in Perception

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 persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, legal, and cultural structures.

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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 events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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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 focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, religious, and cultural structures.

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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 episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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This episode discusses key plot outcomes from the referenced fictional work in order to analyze its underlying social, economic, and systemic themes.

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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 — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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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 rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why liberty persists only when society remains strong enough to shackle the state — and how that struggle connects to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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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 or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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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 personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persisted — and how they connected to larger industrial, political, technological, and institutional structures.

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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 persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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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 personalities or isolated battles, the episode shows why the North African campaign became a brutal learning system — and how it connected to larger military, political, and industrial structures.

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