Crisis in Perception

Crisis in Perception

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Crisis in Perception episodes

  • Wrong Way: The Cost of Australia’s Economic Reform — Why reform creates a dumb buyer

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Damien Cahill and Phillip Toner

    This episode explores Wrong Way: The Cost of Australia’s Economic Reform by Damien Cahill and Phillip Toner as a systems-level analysis of how privatisation, deregulation, and marketisation 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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    55 min
  • Living with ADHD: Simple Exercises to Change Your Daily Life — Who defines disorder?

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Thom Hartmann

    This episode explores Living with ADHD: Simple Exercises to Change Your Daily Life by Thom Hartmann as a systems-level analysis of how institutional structures influence behavior, perception, and definitions of normal cognition.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than individuals, the episode shows why these classifications persist — and how they connect to broader educational, economic, and cultural systems.

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    51 min
  • Democracy in Crisis: The Neoliberal Roots of Popular Unrest — When markets outrank voters

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Boris Vormann and Christian Lammert

    This episode explores Democracy in Crisis: The Neoliberal Roots of Popular Unrest by Boris Vormann and Christian Lammert as a systems-level analysis of how neoliberal governance 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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    👉 https://youtu.be/V35SQyvx0Gw

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    57 min
  • The Fourth Turning: Cycles of History and American Prophecy — The system behind historical crisis

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: William Strauss and Neil Howe

    This episode explores The Fourth Turning: Cycles of History and American Prophecy by William Strauss and Neil Howe as a systems-level analysis of how generational cycles and institutional entropy 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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    40 min
  • All Quiet on the Western Front — Why survival requires abandoning identity

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Erich Maria Remarque

    This episode explores All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque as a systems-level analysis of how industrialized warfare reshapes identity, behavior, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than individual experience, the episode shows why this system persists — and how it connects to larger ideological, technological, and social structures.

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    37 min
  • Ecology of the Brain: The Biology of the Embodied Mind — What the Brain Actually Does

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Thomas Fuchs

    This episode explores Ecology of the Brain: The Biology of the Embodied Mind by Thomas Fuchs as a systems-level analysis of how the brain–body–environment system 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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    42 min
  • The Phantom Tollbooth — Why More Knowledge Can Produce Less Understanding

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Norton Juster

    This episode explores The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster as a systems-level analysis of how fragmented knowledge systems influence perception, behavior, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than narrative elements, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to broader educational, economic, and technological structures.

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    35 min
  • The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City — When conquest fails to erase a city

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Barbara Mundy

    This episode explores The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City by Barbara Mundy as a systems-level analysis of how urban space, hydraulic infrastructure, and indigenous spatial practice 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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    👉 https://youtu.be/FUHiPSTGklk

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    42 min
  • The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The Architecture of Absolute Control — When order became state power

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Toby Wilkinson

    This episode explores The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson as a systems-level analysis of how divine kingship, bureaucracy, and grain-based administration influenced 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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    49 min
  • The Last Days of the Incas — What Actually Collapsed Before the Spaniards Arrived

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Kim MacQuarrie

    This episode explores The Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrie as a systems-level analysis of how imperial centralization, pathogen shock, and private conquest incentives 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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    👉 https://youtu.be/W9nb_aebPi8

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    23 min

About Crisis in Perception

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Crisis in Perception is a long-form educational podcast examining how we misunderstand the world around us. Using books as entry points, each episode explores history, psychology, economics, science, and power structures to reveal how systems actually work—and why our perceptions so often fail. Clear, evidence-based, and non-tribal.