Crisis in Perception

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

Author: Will Storr

This episode explores The Status Game by Will Storr as a systems-level analysis of how status hierarchies 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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Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

Author: Will Storr

This episode explores The Heretics: Adventures with the Enemies of Science by Will Storr as a systems-level analysis of how belief formation, memory, identity protection, and tribal belonging 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 psychological, cultural, scientific, and institutional structures.

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

Author: Zizi Papacharissi

This episode explores After Democracy: Imagining Our Political Future by Zizi Papacharissi as a systems-level analysis of how democratic institutions, media systems, technology, and capitalism 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, technological, and cultural structures.

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

Author: Todd Rose

This episode explores Collective Illusions by Todd Rose as a systems-level analysis of how social perception systems influence belief, behavior, and institutional outcomes.

By focusing on incentive architecture rather than individual psychology, the episode shows why false consensus persists—and how it connects to larger informational and technological systems.

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Author: Todd Rose

This episode explores The End of Average by Todd Rose as a systems-level analysis of how averagarian 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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Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

Author: Teppo Eskelinen

This episode explores The Revival of Political Imagination edited by Teppo Eskelinen as a systems-level analysis of how political imagination 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: George A. Gonzalez

This episode explores The Politics of Star Trek by George A. Gonzalez as a systems-level analysis of how science fiction can expose the political logic behind security, empire, utopianism, neoliberalism, and American foreign policy.

By focusing on incentive architecture rather than characters or franchise lore, the episode shows why systems built to preserve stability can begin to reproduce the very imperial logic they claim to oppose.

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Author: Cristina Bellon, Roberta Grasselli, and Federico Pasquaré Mariotto

This episode explores Don’t Look Up: A Metaphor for Western Civilization by Cristina Bellon, Roberta Grasselli, and Federico Pasquaré Mariotto as a systems-level analysis of how media spectacle, political short-termism, techno-capitalist incentives, and science communication failures 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, technological, and cultural structures.

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

Author: Amanda Ripley

This episode explores High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out by Amanda Ripley as a systems-level analysis of how adversarial structures and identity-based incentives shape behavior and institutional outcomes.

By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why conflict systems persist — and how they connect to larger media, political, and social structures.

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Author: Amanda Ripley

This episode explores The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way by Amanda Ripley as a systems-level analysis of how education 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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