Limits to Medicine — Why More Healthcare Can Produce More Sickness

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.Author: Ivan IllichThis episode explores Limits to Medicine by Ivan Illich as a systems-level analysis of how industrial healthcare systems influence autonomy, dependency, and institutional power.By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or isolated failures, the episode examines how medicine can become counterproductive once institutional expansion begins weakening the human capacity for autonomous coping and resilience.📺 Watch on YouTube:👉 https://youtu.be/Cgqb-Yfaihc❤️ Support on Patreon:👉 https://www.patreon.com/posts/limits-to-why-158519708?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkAuthor SupportIf these ideas resonate, consider reading the work yourself or borrowing it from your local library. Supporting authors and libraries helps keep critical inquiry accessible.Call to ActionIf you value systems-level analysis like this, please like, subscribe, and comment with books or topics you’d like us to explore next.AI Use DisclosureThis 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.