Crisis in Perception

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

Author: Nick Lane

This episode explores Life Ascending by Nick Lane as a systems-level analysis of how thermodynamic constraints and energy systems influence biological complexity, behavior, and long-term evolutionary outcomes.

By focusing on incentive architecture rather than individual traits or narratives of progress, the episode shows why biological systems persist in forms that are often inefficient, constrained, or seemingly contradictory—and how these patterns connect to larger physical, ecological, and evolutionary systems.

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

Author: Allison B. Kaufman, James C. Kaufman

This episode explores Pseudoscience: The Conspiracy Against Science by Allison B. Kaufman and James C. Kaufman as a systems-level analysis of how cognitive heuristics, institutional incentives, and scientific authority influence belief, behavior, and knowledge production.

By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or individual claims, the episode shows why pseudoscientific systems persist — and how they connect to larger academic, cultural, and media structures.

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

Author: Alison Gopnik

This episode explores The Philosophical Baby by Alison Gopnik as a systems-level analysis of how human development structures cognition through a tradeoff between exploration and execution.

By focusing on incentive architecture rather than individual behavior, the episode shows why this system persists — and how it connects to broader biological, social, and institutional structures.

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

Author: Thomas Nagel

This episode explores What Is It Like to Be a Bat? by Thomas Nagel as a systems-level analysis of how scientific objectivity influences belief, behavior, and institutional definitions of reality.

By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why subjective experience remains structurally excluded — and how this connects to broader epistemological systems.

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

Author: Annaka Harris

This episode explores Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind by Annaka Harris as a systems-level analysis of how consciousness, perception, and neural processing influence behavior, belief, and institutional assumptions about agency.

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

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Author: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

This episode explores Not “A Nation of Immigrants” as a systems-level analysis of how identity narratives influence perception, behavior, and institutional outcomes.

By focusing on incentive architecture rather than surface-level debates, the episode shows why these narratives persist and how they connect to larger structural systems.

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Author: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

This episode explores An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz as a systems-level analysis of how settler colonialism and land commodification 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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Author: Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green

This episode explores The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears by Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green as a systems-level analysis of how land expansion, federalism, legal classification, and racial ideology 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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Author: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

This episode explores Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz as a systems-level analysis of how civilian armament 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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Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

Author: David Pozen

This episode explores The Constitution of the War on Drugs by David Pozen as a systems-level analysis of how constitutional design 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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