Crisis in Perception

Crisis in Perception

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Crisis in Perception episodes

  • Ways of Being: Beyond Human Intelligence — When Corporations Behave Like AI

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

    This episode explores Ways of Being by James Bridle as a systems-level analysis of how corporate-technological intelligence 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 ecological structures.

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    51 min
  • The Golden House: Identity, Power, and Illusion — Why Reinvention Always Fails

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

    This episode explores The Golden House by Salman Rushdie as a systems-level analysis of how identity construction and post-factual 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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    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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    38 min
  • Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything — Why the Future Is Always Delayed

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

    This episode explores Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith as a systems-level analysis of how innovation 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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    51 min
  • A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space? — Why Mars Colonization May Be a System Failure

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
    This episode explores A City on Mars by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith as a systems-level analysis of how space settlement 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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    1 hr 5 min
  • You Have Not Yet Been Defeated — The System That Destroys Meaning

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
    This episode explores You Have Not Yet Been Defeated by Alaa Abd el-Fattah as a systems-level analysis of how digital platforms and state power influence communication, 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
  • Countdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons — Simulating Certainty in an Uncertain System

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

    This episode explores Countdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons by Sarah Scoles as a systems-level analysis of how the nuclear weapons stewardship 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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    55 min
  • The Years of Repair: A Vision for a Better Future — Why Crisis Is Structural

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
    This episode explores The Years of Repair: A Vision for a Better Future by Naomi Klein as a systems-level analysis of how growth-driven economic 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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    37 min
  • Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry: Cosmic Systems — The 95% You Can’t See

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

    This episode explores Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson as a systems-level analysis of how cosmological forces 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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    51 min
  • The Republic Shall Be Kept Clean: — How Empire Turns Inward

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
    This episode explores The Republic Shall Be Kept Clean by Tariq D. Khan as a systems-level analysis of how settler colonialism 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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    52 min
  • The Biology of Human Behavior: A Brief Inquiry — Why Your Brain Controls You

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
    This episode explores The Biology of Human Behavior: A Brief Inquiry by Thomas Rowland as a systems-level analysis of how neurochemical reward 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, cultural, and biological structures.

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    46 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.