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author: Dan Davies
2025-03-13
Profile Books Ltd
The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions
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'Mischievous and fiercely intelligent' Ed Smith, New Statesman
'One of the most insightful books I've read in a long time' Sam Freedman
'The kind of book from which you look up to find the world suddenly more comprehensible' Guardian
'One of the most useful books of 2024' Economist
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.
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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.
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