
The Unaccountability Machine
Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind
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Dan Davies
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'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.
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When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain, the botanist had sailed with Captain Cook in search of new worlds. Other voyages of discovery—astronomical, chemical, poetical, philosophical—swiftly follow in Richard Holmes's thrilling evocation of the second scientific revolution.
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Misleading title
- De Diane en 08-04-11
De: Richard Holmes
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The Longevity Imperative
- How to Build a Healthier and More Productive Society to Support Our Longer Lives
- De: Andrew J. Scott
- Narrado por: Michael Chance
- Duración: 10 h y 50 m
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Thanks to increases in life expectancy, we can now expect to live for a long time. Most of us would welcome an extra day in the week, so why do so many of us view the prospect of additional years with fear and skepticism? The reason is simple: society is not currently structured to support long lives. Rather than thinking in terms of the needs of a rising number of older people, we must instead support the young and middle-aged to prepare differently for the longer futures they can expect.
De: Andrew J. Scott
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Alchemy
- The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life
- De: Rory Sutherland
- Narrado por: Rory Sutherland
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
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Why is Red Bull so popular, though everyone—everyone!—hates the taste? Humans are, in a word, irrational, basing decisions as much on subtle external signals (that little blue can) as on objective qualities (flavor, price, quality). The surrounding world, meanwhile, is irreducibly complex and random. This means future success can’t be projected on any accounting spreadsheet. To strike gold, you must master the dark art and curious science of conjuring irresistible ideas: alchemy.
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One of the best books I’ve read
- De anon. en 07-23-19
De: Rory Sutherland
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The Knowledge
- How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch
- De: Lewis Dartnell
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 8 h y 58 m
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Regarded as one of the brightest young scientists of his generation, Lewis Dartnell proposes that the key to preserving civilization in an apocalyptic scenario is to provide a quickstart guide, adapted to cataclysmic circumstances. The Knowledge describes many of the modern technologies we employ, but first it explains the fundamentals upon which they are built. The Knowledge is a brilliantly original guide to the fundamentals of science and how it built our modern world as well as a thought experiment about the very idea of scientific knowledge itself.
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We might be screwed, but... science!
- De Ryan en 11-28-15
De: Lewis Dartnell
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Underground Empire
- How America Weaponized the World Economy
- De: Henry Farrell, Abraham Newman
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
- Duración: 7 h y 56 m
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A deeply researched investigation that reveals how the United States is like a spider at the heart of an international web of surveillance and control, which it weaves in the form of globe-spanning networks such as fiber optic cables and obscure payment systems.
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- De Medz en 01-28-25
De: Henry Farrell, y otros
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Higher Ground
- How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World
- De: Alison Taylor
- Narrado por: Julia Anthony
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
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Today's headlines are full of employee unrest over racial injustice, communities infuriated by corporate environmental impacts, staff anxiety over surveillance, and discoveries of child labor in supply chains. Simply maximizing shareholder value while not breaking the law is no longer an option, but we've never been so confused about what it means to do the right thing. NYU ethics professor Alison Taylor argues that amid stakeholder demands and transparency pressures, we can no longer treat ethics as a legal and reputational defense mechanism.
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Great book. Terrible reader.
- De David Lee en 03-05-24
De: Alison Taylor
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Default
- The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring
- De: Gregory Makoff, Lee C. Buchheit - foreword
- Narrado por: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Duración: 12 h y 46 m
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Default is the riveting story of Argentina's sovereign debt drama, which reveals the obscure inner workings of sovereign debt restructuring. This detailed case study describes the intense fight over the role of the IMF in Argentina's 2005 debt restructuring and the ensuing bitter decade of litigation with holdout creditors, demonstrating that outcomes for sovereign debt are determined by a complex interplay between financial markets, governments, the IMF, the press, and the courts.
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Delivers on promise
- De Lukk en 06-28-24
De: Gregory Makoff, y otros
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A New Way to Think
- Your Guide to Superior Management Effectiveness
- De: Roger L. Martin
- Narrado por: Stephen R. Thorne
- Duración: 7 h y 58 m
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Over a stellar career, Roger Martin has advised the CEOs of some of the world's most successful companies. From the beginning, he noted that almost every executive he talked to had a "model"—a framework or way of thinking that guided their strategy and activities. But these models tended to become automatic, so much so that when one didn't work, the typical response was just to apply it again—with greater enthusiasm.
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Okay… a lot of people culture from the early 2010’s
- De Thammy M. en 06-03-23
De: Roger L. Martin
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Franchise
- The Golden Arches in Black America
- De: Marcia Chatelain
- Narrado por: Machelle Williams
- Duración: 10 h y 37 m
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Often blamed for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes among black Americans, fast food restaurants like McDonald's have long symbolized capitalism's villainous effects on our nation's most vulnerable communities. But how did fast food restaurants so thoroughly saturate black neighborhoods in the first place? In Franchise, acclaimed historian Marcia Chatelain uncovers a surprising history of cooperation among fast food companies, black capitalists, and civil rights leaders, who believed they found an economic answer to the problem of racial inequality.
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Window into Black Capitalism
- De Keith en 01-13-20
De: Marcia Chatelain
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Manhunt
- The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
- De: James L. Swanson
- Narrado por: Richard Thomas
- Duración: 9 h y 6 m
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The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history, the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild 12-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia, while the nation, still reeling from the just-ended Civil War, watched in horror and sadness.
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Fascinating!
- De F. Elizabeth Hauser en 12-14-08
De: James L. Swanson
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Left Adrift
- What Happened to Liberal Politics
- De: Timothy Shenk
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
- Duración: 6 h y 34 m
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Politics today doesn’t look much like it did fifty years ago. Electorates that were once divided by economics—with blue-collar workers supporting leftwing parties while the wealthy trended right—are now more likely to split along cultural lines. Campaigns have gone high-tech, hoping to turn electioneering into a science. Meanwhile, a permanent class of political consultants has emerged, with teams of pollsters, message gurus, and field operatives. Taken together, all this amounts to a silent revolution that has transformed politics across much of the globe.
De: Timothy Shenk
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- 04-12-25
Illuminating.
Dan Davies weaves a convincing, human story, with measured mercy for the typical bad actors. Instead, he navigates evolving economics, politics, psychology and cybernetics to offer a compelling frame of our times.
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