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The unaccountability machine : why big systems make terrible decisions--and how the world lost its mind
Davies, Dan (Economist)2024
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Click and Collect for The unaccountability machine : why big systems make terrible decisions--and how the world lost its mindWhen 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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Author:
Davies, Dan (Economist), author
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2024.©2024
Collation:
ix, 294 pages ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part One: The nature of crisis. 'Something's up'Stafford BeerAliens among usIntermission: Computing ponds and rabbit holesPart Two: Pathologies of the system. How to psychoanalyse a non-human intelligenceCybernetics without diagramsIntermission: Decerebrate catsPart Three: The blind spots. Economics and how it got that wayIf you're rich, why aren't you smart?Intermission: Meanwhile, in ChilePart Four: What happened next? Enter FriedmanThe morbid symptomsWhat is to be done?
ISBN:
9781788169547 (hbk)9781788169547
Dewey class:
658
Language:
English
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BRN:
563001
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Computers and Business | 658 DAV | On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 26 Jul 2024) |
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