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The Unaccountability Machine

Dan Davies

'Entertaining, insightful ... compelling' When we avoid taking a decision, what happens to it? In

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The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

Dan Davies's book was praised as a fantastic exploration of why institutions fail and how their internal structures can obscure accountability. It was recommended as a pairing with related articles on governmental dysfunction.

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The Unaccountability Machine by Dan Davies, which is just a fantastic exploration of why when things go very wrong in our society, at the end of the day, after all of the investigations, there's sort...

— Episode: In This House, We’re Angry When Governme...

Episode: In This House, We’re Angry When Government Fails

Dan Davies's book was praised as a fantastic exploration of why institutions fail and how their internal structures can obscure accountability. It was recommended as a pairing with related articles on governmental dysfunction.

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The Unaccountability Machine by Dan Davies, which is just a fantastic exploration of why when things go very wrong in our society, at the end of the day, after all of the investigations, there's sort of no one to blame, and it's the structures of our institution that we've created to do that.

Odd Lots

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Odd Lots

Dan Davies, author of "The Unaccountability Machine", explains how complex systems can lead to terrible decisions and a sense of societal madness. The book explores the concept of cybernetics and how the growth of complex systems can result in "accountability sinks" where responsibility for poor outcomes becomes diffused and difficult to pinpoint.

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Dan talks about the field of study known as cybernetics, and the inevitable outcomes of systems that grow more and more complex.

— Episode: The Theory That Explains Why Everyone We...

Episode: The Theory That Explains Why Everyone Went Crazy

Dan Davies, author of "The Unaccountability Machine", explains how complex systems can lead to terrible decisions and a sense of societal madness. The book explores the concept of cybernetics and how the growth of complex systems can result in "accountability sinks" where responsibility for poor outcomes becomes diffused and difficult to pinpoint.

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Dan talks about the field of study known as cybernetics, and the inevitable outcomes of systems that grow more and more complex.

He is the author of the new book, The Unaccountability Machine, why big systems make terrible decisions and how the world lost its mind.

The Unaccountability Machine, I'm actually curious about the second half of the title, How the World Lost Its Mind, because I certainly feel like the world lost its mind, but I'm like a middle-aged boomer and I feel like, you know, anytime you get to my age, you're like, oh, the world's gone crazy. The world's gone mad.

Highly recommend everyone check out your book, The Unaccountability Machine.

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