Crisis in Perception

Crisis in Perception

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  • Too Much Information — When Transparency Becomes a Hidden Burden

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

    Author: Cass R. Sunstein

    This episode explores Too Much Information by Cass R. Sunstein as a systems-level analysis of how disclosure 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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    42 min
  • Can It Happen Here?: Authoritarianism in America — How Democracies Rot

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

    Author: Cass R. Sunstein

    This episode explores Can It Happen Here?: Authoritarianism in America, edited by Cass R. Sunstein, as a systems-level analysis of how constitutional design, institutional friction, emergency power, polarization, and information systems influence behavior, belief, and democratic outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why democratic decay can persist — and how it connects to larger legal, political, economic, and media systems.

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    👉 https://youtu.be/jmPCKarNbcA

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    43 min
  • How Change Happens — Why Stable Societies Flip Overnight

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

    Author: Cass R. Sunstein

    This episode explores How Change Happens by Cass R. Sunstein as a systems-level analysis of how social norms, hidden incentives, and public conformity 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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    35 min
  • This Is Not Normal — How societies learn to accept democratic erosion

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

    Author: Cass R. Sunstein

    This episode explores This Is Not Normal by Cass R. Sunstein as a systems-level analysis of how shifting standards of normality 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, political, and democratic structures.

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    20 min
  • Why Nudge? — Why Freedom Depends on Hidden Architecture

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

    Author: Cass R. Sunstein

    This episode explores Why Nudge? by Cass R. Sunstein as a systems-level analysis of how choice 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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    46 min
  • Going to Extremes — Why Agreement Can Produce Worse Decisions

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

    Author: Cass R. Sunstein

    This episode explores Going to Extremes by Cass R. Sunstein as a systems-level analysis of how group polarization 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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    40 min
  • Liars: Falsehoods and Free Speech in an Age of Deception — When Truth Needs Friction

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

    Author: Cass R. Sunstein

    This episode explores Liars: Falsehoods and Free Speech in an Age of Deception by Cass R. Sunstein as a systems-level analysis of how free-speech law, cognitive bias, platform design, and institutional trust influence behavior, belief, and democratic 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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    👉 https://youtu.be/X46kxANhb08

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    46 min
  • Capitalism’s Last Stand: Deglobalization in the Age of Austerity — The Debt Illusion

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

    Author: Walden Bello

    This episode explores Capitalism’s Last Stand by Walden Bello as a systems-level analysis of how overproduction, wage stagnation, globalization, and financialization 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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    41 min
  • Non-Places: An Introduction to Supermodernity — Why Convenience Replaces Belonging

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

    Author: Marc Augé

    This episode explores Non-Places: An Introduction to Supermodernity by Marc Augé as a systems-level analysis of how modern infrastructure influences behavior, identity, and institutional outcomes.

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

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    33 min
  • Valuing Life: Humanizing the Regulatory State — Why Risk Has to Be Counted

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

    Author: Cass R. Sunstein

    This episode explores Valuing Life: Humanizing the Regulatory State by Cass R. Sunstein as a systems-level analysis of how regulatory decision-making 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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    26 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.