Supergods: The History and Magic of the Superhero — Myth as Cultural Infrastructure
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
This episode explores Supergods: The History and Magic of the Superhero by Grant Morrison as a systems-level analysis of how modern mythmaking infrastructure influences behavior, belief, identity, and institutional outcomes across media ecosystems.
By focusing on patterns rather than individuals, the episode shows why these systems persist — even when their consequences are widely recognized — and how isolating superheroes as “just entertainment” produces a crisis in perception about the structural role mythology…
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