Crisis in Perception

Crisis in Perception

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Crisis in Perception episodes

  • Missing Microbes: The Ecology Inside Us — How Modern Medicine Alters Human Biology

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


    This episode explores Missing Microbes by Martin J. Blaser as a systems-level analysis of the human microbiome.


    The discussion examines incentive structures, institutional persistence, ecological feedback loops, microbial diversity, evolutionary tradeoffs, and the hidden biological systems that help regulate human health.


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    47 min
  • Scientific American on Allergies & Asthma: The Hidden Ecology of Immunity

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


    This episode explores a collection of Scientific American articles as a systems-level analysis of the human immune ecosystem.


    The discussion examines:


    • incentive structures

    • institutional persistence

    • feedback loops

    • hidden system dynamics

    • structural outcomes


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    👉 https://youtu.be/8cDUwxIAGVc


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    This content was created using AI-assisted tools for research synthesis, structuring, and narration support. All analysis, framing, and editorial decisions are guided by human judgment as part of the Crisis in Perception project.

    48 min
  • Scientific American: The Hidden System Behind Misinformation — Digital Truth

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


    This analysis examines a collection of Scientific American articles as a systems-level exploration of digital epistemology and belief formation.


    The discussion examines incentive structures, institutional persistence, feedback loops, algorithmic amplification, social conformity, and the hidden architecture of information networks. Rather than focusing on individual falsehoods, the episode investigates why modern systems allow misinformation to spread regardless of factual accuracy.


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    45 min
  • Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human — The Thermodynamics of Human Evolution

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


    This episode explores Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human by Richard Wrangham as a systems-level analysis of human evolutionary energy systems.


    The discussion examines:


    • incentive structures

    • institutional persistence

    • feedback loops

    • hidden system dynamics

    • structural outcomes


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    👉 https://youtu.be/TU5_NrHFSXQ


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    42 min
  • Escape from Overshoot: The Growth Imperative — Why Green Growth May Fail

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


    This episode explores Escape from Overshoot by Peter A. Victor as a systems-level analysis of growth-dependent economic systems and ecological overshoot.


    The discussion examines:


    • incentive structures

    • institutional persistence

    • ecological limits

    • financialization

    • feedback loops

    • hidden system dynamics


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    43 min
  • Overshoot: Climate Breakdown and the Logic of Fossil Capital

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


    This episode explores Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown by Andreas Malm and Wim Carton as a systems-level analysis of fossil capital and climate governance.


    The discussion examines:


    • incentive structures

    • institutional persistence

    • feedback loops

    • hidden system dynamics

    • structural outcomes


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    26 min
  • Does It Matter: When Symbols Replace Reality — The Abstraction Trap

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


    This episode explores Does It Matter by Alan Watts as a systems-level analysis of symbolic abstraction systems.


    The discussion examines:


    • incentive structures

    • institutional persistence

    • feedback loops

    • hidden system dynamics

    • structural outcomes


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    👉 https://youtu.be/TdwWoXaKHUw


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    42 min
  • A Return to Common Sense: Democracy's Hidden Architecture — Systems of Power

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


    This episode explores A Return to Common Sense by Leigh McGowan as a systems-level analysis of democratic institutional design.


    The discussion examines:


    • incentive structures

    • institutional persistence

    • feedback loops

    • hidden system dynamics

    • structural outcomes


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    👉 https://youtu.be/v3pREx6hdVs


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    47 min
  • The Man in the High Castle: Who Decides What Is Real? — Systems of Reality

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


    This episode explores The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick as a systems-level analysis of reality construction, authenticity, and epistemological systems.


    The discussion examines:


    • incentive structures

    • institutional persistence

    • feedback loops

    • historical legitimacy

    • hidden system dynamics


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    👉 https://youtu.be/FSRCb6ZG_SE


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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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    35 min
  • Minority Report: When Systems Stop Serving Humans — Institutional Homeostasis

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


    This episode explores Minority Report by Philip K. Dick as a systems-level analysis of institutional homeostasis.


    The discussion examines:


    • incentive structures

    • institutional persistence

    • feedback loops

    • automated governance

    • media-reality construction

    • structural outcomes


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    👉 https://youtu.be/u7OTeVxCWT0


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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.


    Author Support


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    Call to Action


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    This content was created using AI-assisted tools for research synthesis, structuring, and narration support. All analysis, framing, and editorial decisions are guided by human judgment as part of the Crisis in Perception project.

    45 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.