The Unaccountability Machine
Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind
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The Unaccountability Machine
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Peter Dickson
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Dan Davies
'A corporation, or a government department isn't a conscious being, but it is an artificial intelligence. It has the capability to take decisions which are completely distinct from the intentions of any of the people who compose it. And under stressful conditions, it can go stark raving mad.'
When we avoid taking a decision, what happens to it? In The Unaccountability Machine, Dan Davies examines why markets, institutions and even governments systematically generate outcomes that everyone involved claims not to want. He casts new light on the writing of Stafford Beer, a legendary economist who argued in the 1950s that we should regard organisations as artificial intelligences, capable of taking decisions that are distinct from the intentions of their members.
Management cybernetics was Beer's science of applying self-regulation in organisational settings, but it was largely ignored - with the result being the political and economic crises that that we see today. With his signature blend of cynicism and journalistic rigour, Davies looks at what's gone wrong, and what might have been, had the world listened to Stafford Beer when it had the chance.
In fact, given I've been reading Davies' stuff for over 20 years, many of my opinions on these topics have probably been passively absorbed through exposure to his thinking via various blogs and tweets. (We used to move in similar blogging circles back in the day, so I recognised many of the names in the acknowledgements, and know I've met him in person at least a couple of times through mutuals.)
As such, his ability to combine insightfulness with dry humour, leftish opinions, and a deep understanding of finance and economic theory is exactly what I was expecting.
Fascinating take on the failures of management, economics, finance and politics
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Fascinating stuff.
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Fascinating, thought provoking and fun.
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so good
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Not the easiest but very enlightening
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