Crisis in Perception

Crisis in Perception

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  • The Beauty of the Flower: Botanical Art and Science — Why Seeing Plants Produces Errors

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

    Author: Stephen A. Harris

    This episode explores The Beauty of the Flower: Botanical Art and Science by Stephen A. Harris as a systems-level analysis of how visual knowledge systems 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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    45 min
  • Game Theory: A Critical Introduction — Why Rational Choice Needs Social Structure

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

    Author: Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap and Yanis Varoufakis

    This episode explores Game Theory: A Critical Introduction by Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap and Yanis Varoufakis as a systems-level analysis of how strategic rationality depends on conventions, institutional context, and shared social expectations.

    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/5P-h098j82c

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    40 min
  • Neoliberalism’s War on Higher Education — Why universities produce debt and compliance

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

    Author: Henry A. Giroux

    This episode explores Neoliberalism’s War on Higher Education by Henry A. Giroux as a systems-level analysis of how neoliberal restructuring 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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    40 min
  • Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman — Why slavery built the network that defied it

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

    Author: Sarah H. Bradford

    This episode explores Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman by Sarah H. Bradford as a systems-level analysis of how the legal-economic architecture of slavery 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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    45 min
  • Interesting Times: A Twentieth-Century Life — The selection problem of catastrophe

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

    Author: Eric Hobsbawm

    This episode explores Interesting Times: A Twentieth-Century Life by Eric Hobsbawm as a systems-level analysis of how historical catastrophe 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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    39 min
  • A History of Sex— Why hierarchy gets mistaken for nature

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

    Author: Simone de Beauvoir

    This episode explores The Myth of the Other by Simone de Beauvoir as a systems-level analysis of how enforced otherness 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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    21 min
  • Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences — Why vivid risks beat real ones

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

    Author: John Allen Paulos

    This episode explores Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences by John Allen Paulos as a systems-level analysis of how probabilistic illiteracy 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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    53 min
  • Financing Real Estate Investments for Dummies — Why Owning Free and Clear Fails

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

    Author: Ralph R. Roberts and Chip Cummings

    This episode explores Financing Real Estate Investments for Dummies by Ralph R. Roberts and Chip Cummings as a systems-level analysis of how capital allocation systems influence behavior, belief, and investment outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than ownership itself, the episode reveals why leverage, liquidity, and access to capital drive real estate systems — and how these dynamics connect to broader financial markets.

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    44 min
  • Genetics: A Comprehensive Guide to Heredity and DNA — Why Life Depends on Error

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

    Author: Tara Rodden Robinson

    This episode explores Genetics: A Comprehensive Guide to Heredity and DNA by Tara Rodden Robinson as a systems-level analysis of how biological information systems influence behavior, adaptation, and long-term survival.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than isolated traits, the episode shows why genetic systems persist — and how they connect to larger ecological and evolutionary structures.

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    1 hr
  • Vulture Capitalism: Planning, Power, and the Death of Freedom — The Hidden Planned Economy

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

    Author: Grace Blakeley

    This episode explores Vulture Capitalism: Planning, Power, and the Death of Freedom by Grace Blakeley as a systems-level analysis of how oligarchic economic planning 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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    49 min

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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.