Crisis in Perception

Crisis in Perception

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  • The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner — Why deterrence erodes control

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

    Author: Daniel Ellsberg

    This episode explores The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner by Daniel Ellsberg as a systems-level analysis of how nuclear command-and-control 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, and cultural structures.

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    39 min
  • The Growth Mindset: Cultivating Your Path to Potential — Why talent systems stay blind

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

    Author: Carol Dweck

    This episode explores The Growth Mindset: Cultivating Your Path to Potential by Carol Dweck as a systems-level analysis of how beliefs about ability 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, cultural, and educational structures.

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    👉 https://youtu.be/hIVoZsXK-ys

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    50 min
  • Manhood: How to Be a Better Man — The system behind the alpha male mask

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

    Author: Terry Crews

    This episode explores Manhood: How to Be a Better Man by Terry Crews as a systems-level analysis of how masculine defense structures 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/Kp7IoU8Qp1U

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    41 min
  • Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record — How Humanity Curated Itself for the Cosmos

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

    This episode explores Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record by Carl Sagan and collaborators as a systems-level analysis of how human self-representation under cosmic conditions 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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    47 min
  • Letters on Wave Mechanics: The Fight for Physical Reality — When Prediction Replaced Reality

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

    This episode explores Letters on Wave Mechanics by the historical correspondence of Erwin Schrödinger, Albert Einstein, Max Planck, and H.A. Lorentz as a systems-level analysis of how quantum interpretation 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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    47 min
  • A Clergyman's Daughter: Faith, Labor, and Social Discipline — When Duty Outlives Belief

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

    This episode explores A Clergyman’s Daughter by George Orwell as a systems-level analysis of how religious habit, class discipline, and economic insecurity 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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    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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    42 min
  • Stumbling on Happiness: Why We Misjudge What Makes Us Happy — The Illusion of Tomorrow

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

    This episode explores Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert as a systems-level analysis of how the brain’s prospection system influences behavior, belief, and decision-making outcomes.

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

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    43 min
  • The Art of Empathy: A Guide to Life's Essential Skill — Why Empathy Both Connects and Divides Us

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

    This episode explores The Art of Empathy: A Guide to Life's Essential Skill by Karla McLaren as a systems-level analysis of how emotional intelligence 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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    47 min
  • The Anti-Inauguration: Building Resistance in the Trump Era — Corporate Governance and Shock

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

    This episode explores The Anti-Inauguration: Building Resistance in the Trump Era by contributors including Naomi Klein and Anand Gopal as a systems-level analysis of how neoliberal state capture, corporate power, and security-state continuity 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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    43 min
  • Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion — Why Feeling Can Distort Morality

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

    This episode explores Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion by Paul Bloom as a systems-level analysis of how emotional empathy 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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    37 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.