February 17, 2025
The Unaccountability Machine
Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind
by Raphael Fritz
Exposes how modern institutions create “accountability sinks”—structures that diffuse responsibility through rigid protocols and algorithms, making it nearly impossible to trace or correct poor decisions. Drawing on Stafford Beer’s cybernetics, Davies critiques the dominance of economic models like shareholder primacy, arguing they prioritize short-term profits over systemic health. He advocates for redesigning organizations to restore feedback loops and human judgment, aiming to counteract the dysfunctions of opaque, self-protecting systems
