The 2020s: A Decade of Cognitive Dissonance — Why Everything Feels Like It's Changing at Once

Why do so many of today's crises feel disconnected—and yet seem to point in the same direction?Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.In The 2020s: A Decade of Cognitive Dissonance, David Houle argues that the defining challenge of this decade is not any single event, but the accelerating pace of structural change itself. This episode examines how technological innovation, institutional inertia, and legacy thinking interact to produce the cognitive dissonance many people experience as familiar systems struggle to adapt.Rather than treating artificial intelligence, pandemics, political polarization, and economic disruption as separate problems, we explore the larger systems connecting them through incentives, feedback loops, and institutional persistence.Watch on YouTube:https://youtu.be/S6vR_63otf0Support the project on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/CrisisinPerception/posts/2020s-decade-of-162640579?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkAuthor SupportIf these ideas resonate, consider reading The 2020s: A Decade of Cognitive Dissonance by David Houle or borrowing it from your local library. Supporting authors and libraries helps keep critical inquiry accessible.If you value systems-level analysis like this, please follow, rate, and share the project.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.