Podcasts about Dan Davies

The Columbia Workshop || The Fall of the City | April 11, 1937Columbia Workshop, pioneered all kinds of special sound effects and other dramatic techniques. In 1937 it put on a poetic drama by Archibald MacLeish called The Fall of the City, featuring a 22-year-old actor with an unforgettably expressive voice. The play was a sensation, which helped point the way to what radio could achieve. It also made the actor, Orson Welles, an overnight star.Adelaide Klein as Dead WomanCarleton Young as 1st MessengerBurgess Meredith as OratorDwight Weist as 2nd MessengerEdgar Stehli as PriestWilliam Pringle as GeneralGuy Repp, Brandon Peters, Karl Swenson, Dan Davies, and Kenneth Delmar as Antiphonal Chorus(above from Wikipedia): : : : :You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account:https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94My other podcast channels include: MYSTERY x SUSPENSE -- DRAMA X THEATER -- SCI FI x HORROR -- COMEDY x FUNNY HA HA -- VARIETY X ARMED FORCES.Subscribing is free and you'll receive new post notifications. Also, if you have a moment, please give a 4-5 star rating and/or write a 1-2 sentence positive review on your preferred service -- that would help me a lot.Thank you for your support.https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr#orsonwelles #oldtimeradio #otr #radioclassics #citizenkane #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #mercurytheatre #duaneotr:: :This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

  Dan Davies, friend of the show and author of The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions—and How the World Lost Its Mind, joins us to discuss Burnhamism. Or maybe Manchesterism? It's got to be an ism. It's got to be the perfect mixture of disapproving of the problem and declaring any solution… simply out of bounds.   Get the Unaccountability Machine here! Get the full episode on Patreon here! Check the announcement at the start of the episode for info on the protest in favour of trans rights! It's on Saturday 23rd May at 11 am in Parliament Square! RILEY ALERT Check out No Gods, No Mayors here! HUSSEIN ALERT Check out 10k Posts here! MILO ALERT Check out Milo's tour dates here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows NATE ALERT Lions Led By Donkeys will be performing live in London on 29th May and you can get tickets here! Also, Nate's band Second Homes has just released their debut album, which includes the song used in this episode's outro, and you can stream it for free here!

With just over two weeks to go until the Senedd election James and Fliss discuss a busy weekend in Welsh politics. They are joined by Dan Davies to look at new polling, analysis and to discuss the first televised leaders debate from ITV Wales. Ben Summer then joins them to update Walescast on the undercover voters project he's been working on.

Bledge and Sam sit down with Dan Davies of RNGC fame to discuss the sacred acre and Dan's journey through the golf journalism world. Dan is also a member of the cradle of English Golf, which is discussed towards the end of the podcast. A man who has spent 10 months of more building a golf course to host a special one day invitational event for his friends and loved ones. Despite being a mere 510 yards in total, this 9 hole course makes up for its lack of distance with terrifyingly difficult and intricate green complexes, and waist high ‘bund' is only ever inches away. Sleeper style hazard placements on the 2nd hole an ode to Oakmont, and the 7th hole - ‘Bell' is an inverse replica of the 12th hole at Augusta - RNGC is proof that golf doesn't have to big or grand. Cookie Jar Golf made a superb Youtube Film on RNGC a couple of years ago - You can watch here - https://youtu.be/8q1kXRoLsgw Send us a message if you would like anything discussed on the podcast.

Patrick McKenzie (patio11) explains how compliance regimes designed to be viral brought many more firms into the scope of frameworks like SOC 2. This created a market demand for compliance-on-the-cheap by companies like Delve. Delve has been accused in an anonymous bit of investigative journalism as engaging in Potemkin compliance.Patrick contrasts what real audits look like with what Delve allegedly delivered. He argues that selling compliance theater as compliance is fraud, not the sort of benign rule-breaking celebrated in startup culture.–Full transcript available here: https://www.complexsystemspodcast.com/delve-into-compliance-theatre/ –Presenting Sponsors: Mercury, Meter, Granola & FramerComplex Systems is presented by Mercury—radically better banking for founders. Mercury offers the best wire experience anywhere: fast, reliable, and free for domestic U.S. wires, so you can stay focused on growing your business. Apply online in minutes at mercury.com.Networking infrastructure has a way of accumulating technical debt faster than almost anything else in IT. Meter handles the full stack (wired, wireless, and cellular) as a single integrated solution: designed, deployed, and managed end-to-end so there's only one vendor to call when something goes wrong. Visit meter.com/complexsystems to book a demo. If meetings consistently leave you with hazy action items and lost context, Granola handles the transcription so you can actually participate and gives you searchable notes afterward. Try it free at granola.ai/complexsystems with code COMPLEXSYSTEMSBuilding and maintaining marketing websites shouldn't slow down your engineers. Framer gives design and marketing teams an all-in-one platform to ship landing pages, microsites, or full site redesigns instantly—without engineering bottlenecks. Get 30% off Framer Pro at framer.com/complexsystems.–Links:Fake Compliance as a Service - Part 1: https://substack.com/home/post/p-191342187Editorial independence episode: https://www.complexsystemspodcast.com/episodes/editorial-standards-and-independence/ Dan Davies episode: https://www.complexsystemspodcast.com/episodes/dan-davies-organizations-fraud/ –Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(02:14) The taxonomy of compliance(04:11) Why compliance is viral(09:08) Defense in depth(14:19) Accountability and liability(16:05) The allegations against Delve(19:53) Sponsors: Mercury | Meter(22:41) The allegations against Delve (cont'd)(24:31) The response and evidence(29:38) Implausible patterns(38:22) Heuristics for truth(40:10) Sponsors: Granola | Framer(42:52) Heuristics for truth (cont'd)(44:28) Naughtiness vs. fraud(51:16) A voice in the startup community(53:05) Advice for the exposed(56:38) Wrap

Paul Hawksbee and Andy Jacobs are back in the studio, diving into everything from major Tiger Woods updates to the murky world of competitive stone skimming. Golf podcaster Dan Davies joins the show to discuss the massive news that Tiger Woods has confirmed his competitive comeback for the TGL season finale and what it means for his potential appearance at the Masters.We also take a trip back to the golden age of music television with Steve Blacknell, Europe's very first video jockey and a lifelong Burnley fan. Steve chats about his incredible career—from flying on Concorde with Phil Collins for Live Aid to his new memoir, Tales From The Bedroom Wall, which lifts the lid on his life in the 80s spotlight.Finally, things get rocky as we speak to Dr. Kyle Matthews, the official "Toss Master" of the World Stone Skimming Championships. He fills the guys in on the recent cheating scandal that has rocked the sport! All this, plus Andy's usual collection of news and nonsense.Instagram: @tSHandJTwitter: @tSHandJWebsite: Live Radio, Breaking Sports News, Opinion - talkSPORT Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In dieser Episode freue ich mich, »Dem Pudels Kern« gemeinsam mit Thomas Pisar auf den Grund zu gehen. Worum es gehen wird, wird klar, wenn wir Thomas kurz vorstellen: Thomas ist Physiker, Keynote-Speaker, Executive Advisor und Autor zweier Bücher: Die Pisar Studien und Komplexität als Stärke. Fokus in diesem Gespräch ist hauptsächlich Letzteres. Er ist auch Gastkolumnist in „Die Presse“. Er hat viele Jahre Erfahrung als Manager und zum Schluss als Director in der A1 Telekom Austria gemacht. Ein Umfeld, das reichhaltig zum Sammeln von Erfahrungen rund um das Thema Komplexität ist, besonders eben im unternehmerischen Umfeld. Hexenmeister oder Zauberlehrling? Die Wissensgesellschaft in der Krise Das Buch zum Podcast!  Heute steht Komplexität und wie wir damit umgehen können, wenn die Dinge unsicher und nicht mehr berechenbar sind, im Zentrum seiner Keynotes, Beratungen, Bücher und Trainings. Und genau darüber werden wir auch in der Episode sprechen. Sein Anliegen ist es, einen Weg aufzuzeigen, wie man zusätzlich zum Effizienzgedanken in der komplizierten auch in der komplexen Domäne erfolgreich handlungsfähig bleiben kann. In dieser Episode wird ein leitender Gedanke sein: vom Teil zum Ganzen und zurück. Wie kann man komplizierte Teile eines Systems verbessern, ohne das komplexe Ganze zu kompromittieren? Sind Naturwissenschaften (als Studium) eine gute Grundlage für verschiedenste Aufgaben, Jobs? Zumindest um strukturiertes, rationales Denken zu lernen? Verwechseln wir Wissen und Expertise – Techne/Ars vs. Episteme/Scientia? Heute spricht man auch häufig von tacit (implizitem) und explicit knowledge – was sind die Folgen davon? Besonders auch im Unternehmen? »Der Inhalt definiert die Form und nicht umgekehrt. Die Methodik ist wichtig, aber sollte dem Inhalt folgen.« Aus welchen Teilen besteht ein Unternehmen eigentlich? Wie ist das Wechselspiel zwischen Business Model und Operating Model? Was hat implizites und explizites Wissen damit zu tun? Warum könnten hier Grenzen der KI liegen? Was lernt KI eigentlich? Wie sehen Machtstrukturen im Unternehmen aus? Welche Rolle spielt das Organigramm in der Praxis? Wie geht man mit dem Unterschied zwischen expliziten und impliziten Hierarchien um? Suchen wir den Schlüssel unter der Laterne, wo das Licht brennt und nicht dort, wo wir ihn verloren haben? Warum scheitert das Naheliegende so häufig: Nach einem Problem wird die politische Spitze oder der Vorstand ausgetauscht – aber es ändert sich nichts. »Die Struktur prägt das Verhalten in der Organisation.« Hat nicht die Kybernetik der 1960er- und 1970er-Jahre viele der Fragen aufgegriffen und richtig beschrieben, oder wenigstens die richtigen Fragen aufgeworfen? Was ist aus der Kybernetik geworden? »Kompliziert kann ich berechnen, komplex kann ich nicht berechnen, kann ich nur ausprobieren.« Was passiert dann, wenn die Prognose selbst das System beeinflusst? »Das Modell verändert die Realität und umgekehrt.« Damit werden Modelle komplexer adaptiver Systeme noch problematischer als Modelle von »nur« komplexen Systemen. Lässt sich dies aber positiv, konstruktiv nutzen? »Wer spricht über Mut? Die Leute, die Angst haben.« Warum fallen wir in Europa mit jedem Jahr international weiter zurück? »Innovation entsteht nicht dadurch, dass ich eine Innovationsabteilung gründe.« … sondern eher das Gegenteil dürfte der Fall sein. Wodurch aber entsteht Innovation? Aspirin als Beispiel der Überschneidung von Innovation und explizitem sowie implizitem Wissen. Was ist Exaptation? Stuart Kauffman spricht dabei von Darwinian Preadaptations. Was ist Assembly Theory und warum kann diese auch für das Verständnis von Innovation relevant sein? »Ein komplexes System steuerst du nicht, indem du noch mehr Regeln daraufpackst. Es gibt immer viel mehr Möglichkeiten als du jemals Regeln definieren kannst.« Das kann zu durchaus kurios wirkenden Erkenntnissen führen, wie Rory Sutherland es ausdrückt: »The opposite of a good idea can also be a good idea.«, »If there would be a logical answer we would have already found it« Wie gehen wir im Unternehmen damit um? »Best Practice ist völlig unangebracht in einer komplexen Fragestellung« Warum die Suche nach dem Beleg der eigenen Idee keine Wissenschaft ist, leider aber in der Fachliteratur immer häufiger wird. Wenn 10.000 Menschen einen Russisch-Roulette-Wettbewerb starten und einmal pro Woche »spielen« – bleibt nach rund neun Monaten also ca. 40 Wochen ein »Gewinner« über. Darf dieser »Meister des russischen Roulettes« genannt werden, weil er das Spiel am besten beherrscht? Warum machen wir aber genau das regelmäßig in Politik und Wirtschaft? »Viele Probleme werden rational verstanden, ändern aber das Verhalten in keiner Weise.« Soziale und andere nicht-rationale Gründe treiben oftmals das Verhalten von Organisationen – auch wenn Rationalität »gespielt« wird. Hat sich ab Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts etwas Grundsätzliches verändert, eine Managerial Class entwickelt, die Unternehmen grundsätzlich anders denken? Wird die pseudo-rationale Begründung (des Scheiterns) erfolgreicher als richtig zu entscheiden? »Die Struktur fördert dieses Verhalten und bringt auch entsprechende Charaktere nach oben.« Und dieses Verhalten ist bemerkenswert vorhersehbar: »Show me the incentives and I show you the outcome«, Charlie Munger Warum also ins persönliche Risiko gehen und das tun, was man für richtig hält, wenn man den einfacheren und für die eigene Person (jedenfalls kurzfristig) sichereren Weg gehen kann? Sind die Erwartungen an CEOs unterschiedlich in Europa und in anderen Nationen? Was sind die Rahmenbedingungen, dass eine Organisation weder in der Erstarrung noch im Chaos landet? Wäre Management das Talent, eine Organisation »on the edge of chaos« zu halten – um mit Stuart Kauffman zu sprechen? »Alles optimiert, kein Gramm Fett mehr, aber dann ändert sich die Umwelt.« Was nun? »Wenn ich Komplexität ständig reduziere, dann kann ich nicht mehr auf die Komplexität mit der ich konfrontiert bin, reagieren. […] Nur Komplexität kann Komplexität aus dem Außen absorbieren.« Was bedeutet dies ganz konkret im Unternehmen? By Cruccone - Own work, CC BY 3.0 Einschub: Justo Gallego Martínez, der Mann, der ein Leben lang alleine eine Kathedrale baut, ist eindrucksvoll, aber kaum ein Modell für unsere moderne Welt. »Unternehmen überleben, wenn sie in einem gesunden, dynamischen Gleichgewicht mit ihrer Umwelt stehen. […] Man muss sich nicht anpassen, man muss aber auch nicht überleben« Aussterben ist Teil der Evolution und staatliche und andere zentralisierte Eingriffe ändern das nicht, machen es nur schwerer, teurer und schmerzhafter. Was ist die Rolle und die Gefahr, die in Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) liegen? Anders gesagt: Wie kann Leistung in der Praxis gemessen und bewertet werden? »Wenn es leichter ist, die Kennzahl zu gamen, als tatsächlich das, was dahintersteht, zu erfüllen, dann wird das System immer den Weg der geringeren Energie suchen.« Welche Beispiele gibt es dafür? Accountability Sink als (implizit) gewünschtes Ergebnis mancher oder vieler Organisationen? Darf man mit KPIs Leistung messen? Besonders individuelle? »Jede Messung ist eine Intervention.« Wie kann Verantwortung zugeordnet werden? Ohne persönliche Verantwortung entgleist jedes System. Was bedeutet Resilienz, Fragilität, Antifragilität und Robustheit unter diesen Rahmenbedingungen? Also, wie reagieren Systeme auf Störungen? Wie kann man verhindern, nur Beifahrer der Geschichte zu werden? Muss Fragilität immer vermieden werden? Ein Produkt zu entwickeln bedarf völlig anderer Fähigkeiten als es zu skalieren. Wie geht man mit dieser zeitlichen Dimension erfolgreich um? Was waren die »Wild Ducks« der IBM? »Manchmal kann man auch mit Verschlafen gewinnen.« Wie steht es mit Europa? »Es ist keine Frage des Könnens – es geht meines Erachtens darum, aus der Vollkaskomentalität herauszukommen.« Kein Risiko einzugehen ist das größte Risiko. Referenzen Andere Episoden Episode 144: Was ist Fortschritt? Ein Gespräch mit Dr. Daniel Stelter aus ökonomischer Perspektive Episode 141: Passagier oder Steuermann? Ein Gespräch mit Markus Raunig Episode 139: Komfortable Disruption Episode 138: Im Windschatten der Narrative, ein Gespräch mit Ralf M. Ruthardt Episode 137: Alles Leben ist Problemlösen Episode 135: Friedrich Hayek und die Beschränktheit der menschlichen Vernunft. Ein Gespräch mit Nickolas Emrich Episode 129: Rules, A Conversation with Prof. Lorraine Daston Episode 128: Aufbruch in die Moderne — Der Mann, der die Welt erfindet! Episode 125: Ist Fortschritt möglich? Ideen als Widergänger über Generationen Episode 123: Die Natur kennt feine Grade, Ein Gespräch mit Prof. Frank Zachos Episode 122: Komplexitätsillusion oder Heuristik, ein Gespräch mit Gerd Gigerenzer Episode 121: Künstliche Unintelligenz Episode 111: Macht. Ein Gespräch mit Christine Bauer-Jelinek Episode 109: Was ist Komplexität? Ein Gespräch mit Dr. Marco Wehr Episode 99: Entkopplung, Kopplung, Rückkopplung Episode 90: Unintended Consequences (Unerwartete Folgen) Thomas Pisar Homepage von Thomas Pisar Führungsstil in komplizierten und komplexen Prozessen, confare Thomas Pisar, Die Pisar Studien (2025) Thomas Pisar, Komplexität als Stärke, Wiley (2026)   Fachliche Referenzen Dejan Stojanovic, Fuckup Nights  Royston M. M. Roberts, Serendipity: Accidental Discoveries in Science, Wiley (1989) Nobelprice for their discoveries concerning “prostaglandins and related biologically active substances”. (Aspirin) (1982) Stuart Kauffman, Reinventing the Sacred: A New View of Science, Reason, and Religion, Basic Books (2010) Abhishek Sharma et al, Assembly theory explains and quantifies selection and evolution, Nature (2023) William Ross Ashby, An Introduction to Cybernetics, Wiley (1956) Six Sigma Dave Snowden, Making Sense of Complexity Rory Sutherland, 10 Rules of Alchemy (2020) Eric Ries, The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses Taschenbuch, Crown (2017) Frederic Laloux, Reinventing Organisations, Nelson Parker (2016) Malcolm Gladwell (keine Empfehlung) Russian Roulette: Nassim Taleb, The Precautionary Principle (2014) James Burnham, The Managerial Revolution; What is Happening in the World, John Day Company (1941) Charlie Munger, The Power of Incentives  Stuart Kauffman, At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity, Oxford University Press (1996) The man who built a cathedral with his own hands, BBC (2022) Dan Davies, The Unaccountability Machine, Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind, Profile Books (2024) Clayton M. Christensen, The Innovator's Dilemma, with a New Foreword: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail, Harvard Business Press (2024)

Der Titel der heutigen Episode ist: Digitale Kolonie oder Souveränität? Europa steckt in einer Reihe von Herausforderungen, eine davon ist, wie wir die immer durchdringendere Digitalisierung zu unserem Vorteil nutzen und die damit verbundenen Risiken minimieren können. Ich freue mich besonders, für dieses sehr wichtige Thema zwei Gesprächspartner zu haben: Wilfried Jäger und Kevin Mallinger. Wilfried hat in Wien technische Physik studiert und anschließend eine Postdoc-Stelle im Bereich „Industrial Policy” am MIT in den USA angenommen. Danach war er als Berater mit Schwerpunkt IT-Einsatz tätig. Seine Konzernlaufbahn konzentrierte sich auf physische Infrastrukturen, zunächst im Bereich Eisenbahn und später im Rechenzentrumsbetrieb. Diese Tätigkeit hatte er auch in der Verwaltung inne, bis er vor ca. 8 Jahren den Schwerpunkt auf KI in der Verwaltung legte. Seine Interessensschwerpunkte sind digitale Infrastrukturen und Open-Source-Software. Neben der beruflichen Tätigkeit, und dies ist für diese Episode ebenfalls sehr wichtig, hat er vor mehr als 15 Jahren den Verein OSSBIG mitgegründet, der das Thema Unabhängigkeit und Souveränität auf unterschiedlichen Ebenen propagiert. Kevin ist Leiter der Forschungsgruppe Complexity and Resilience und verantwortlich für die anwendungsorientiere Forschung im Forschungszentrum SBA Research in Wien.Er ist im Bereich der Informatik und Komplexitätsforschung  mit einem besonderen Schwerpunkt auf nachhaltige Technologien. Außerdem leitet er bei der Österreichischen Computer Gesellschaft die Arbeitsgruppe Informatik und Nachhaltigkeit. Digitale Souveränität ist aktuell in aller Munde, besonders in Europa, aber ist es schlicht ein Buzzword, alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen oder relevant und wichtig? Ich nehme in diesem Podcast von Buzzword-Themen Abstand. Daher ist es aus meiner Beobachtung eine wesentliche Diskussion, die wohl seit mindestens 25 Jahren schwelt, und gerade wieder gehyped wird, dennoch aber von fundamentaler Bedeutung ist. Aber zunächst gehen wir einen Schritt zurück: Viele Zuhörer sind keine Techniker — warum ist Software und digitale Souveränität überhaupt ein Thema? Vor einigen Jahrzehnten war es noch schwer, die gesellschaftliche Bedeutung in der Breite der Gesellschaft klar genug zu machen, auch wenn die technisch/ökonomische schon einigen klar war. So erklärt sich unter anderem auch die Gründung der OSSBIG, von der Wilfried erzählt.  Digitalisierung hat nun die gesamte Gesellschaft sehr offensichtlich in jeder alltäglichen Dimension durchdrungen — damit werden auch Abhängigkeiten und Gefahren in der Breite deutlicher. Was ist somit unter der Plattformisierung digitaler Infrastrukturen zu verstehen? Was sind die Folgen? Die gesamte Prozesskette ist ungleich komplexer geworden und damit natürlich auch die Fortpflanzung von Fehlern und Abhängigkeiten ausgeprägter. Hinzu kommt der evolutionäre Aspekt von Technik, das heißt, Neues wird immer auch auf Altem aufgebaut, was neue Herausforderungen mit sich bringt. Diese Situation ist eben keine rein technische mehr, sondern ist zu einer komplexen Gemengelage aus technischen, geopolitischen, militärischen und wirtschaftlichen Themen geworden. Das macht die Sache natürlich nicht einfacher. Wie sehen wir digitale Souveränität und Autonomie? Wer ist souverän, in welcher Hinsicht? Welche Rolle spielen andere Schlagworte in diesem Umfeld, etwa Komplexität, Open Source und Open Protocol, Netzwerkeffekte? Ein Indikator für die Explosion an IT-Services und Diensten und daraus folgender Komplexität: »Wir haben IPV6 eingeführt, weil wir mussten — das hat mehr IP-Adressen als es Atome im Weltall gibt.« Welche Rolle spielen Marktmechanismen in diesem Kontext? Wie werden neue Technologien eingeführt? Was können wir aus der Vergangenheit lernen? »Aus Spaß wird Ernst und aus Ernst wird Infrastruktur.« Technik ist meist ein zweischneidiges Schwert: »Auf der einen Seite gewinnen wir Freiheiten, auf der anderen Seite schaffen wir Abhängigkeiten auf einer anderen, meist systemischen Ebene.« Diese Abhängkeiten, diese Infrastruktur muss heute sogar global betrachtet werden. Single Points of Failure sind nicht mehr theoretisch, sondern immer wieder zu beobachten. »Durch die Komplexität verlieren wir den Überblick.« Abhängigkeiten gehen weit über die IT hinaus und sind teiweise zirkulär. Was bedeutet dies konkret? Software ist zwar ein virtuelles Gut, aber wird dadurch noch schneller weltumspannend wirksam. Wie wirkt Evolution in der Software? innerhalb einer Organisation marktwirtschaftlicher Wettbewerb zwischen Unternehmen Open Source — wir funktioniert Evolution hier? Welche Auswirkungen hat das auf Eigentumsrechte, Verantwortlichkeit, Motivation, Zentralität vs. Dezentralität? Wer hat noch Kontrolle über die Systeme, die entwickelt werden und die sich evolutionär weiterentwickeln? Es kommen wieder die häufig genannten Fragen auf: Wo findet Steuerung und Kontrolle statt und wo soll sie vernünftigerweise stattfinden? Kann man Komplexität überhaupt sinnvoll zentralisieren? »Der Steuerungsmechanismus kann nicht weniger komplex sein als das System selber.« Kehren wir also wieder zu den frühen kybernetischen Erkenntnissen und Problemen zurück? Das wurde von W. Ross Ashby (und Stafford Beer) als Law of Requisite Variety bezeichnet. Was ist Edge Computing? Wie können verteilte Ansätze hier weiterhelfen? Aber wie schafft man die Abwägung zwischen größeren strategischen Überlegungen und operativen taktischen Entscheidungen? Wie lösen wir das Koordinationsproblem? Warum ist es weiter problematisch, Open Source und kommerzielle Software klar trennen zu wollen? Was ist nun die Überlappung zwischen Open Source/Protocol und Souveränität? »Souveränität bedeutet, dass ich genügend Handlungsoptionen in einem komplexen Umfeld habe. Jeder Mechanismus, der mir das ermöglicht, erhöht meine Souveränität.« Was sind Software-agnostische Daten? Was sind Protokolle und warum sind solche, die sich als Standard etabliert haben, kaum mehr wegzubekommen? Was bedeutet dies im Kontext der digitalen Souveränität? Software — alles schnell, Programme von gestern spielen keine Rolle mehr, jeden Tag eine neue App? Oder läuft wesentliche Software über Jahrzehnte, oder noch länger? Und die Daten, mit denen operiert wird, haben noch wesentlich längere Lebenszyklen. Wie gehen wir im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung damit um? Es gibt auch in der Privatindustrie Beispiele, wo Geschäftsfälle Daten und Code über ein Jahrhundert gewartet und betrieben werden müssen. Was bedeutet dies vor allem auch für die gesellschaftliche Kontrolle dieser Infrastrukturen. Ich provoziere: Wenn wir aber der Realität der letzten Jahrzehnte ins Auge blicken so sind wir (in Europa) nicht längst eine digitale Kolonie und versuchen jetzt den Zwergenaufstand? Kein einziges der weltweit größten 25 Unternehmen (die ersten zehn fast ausschließlich IT-Unternehmen) ist europäisch und auch in einer Bewertung kritischer Technologien und deren Führerschaft spielt Europa keine Rolle. Haben wir also in Europa in allen wesentlichen Aspekten den Anschluss verloren? Was gibt es überhaupt noch zu tun? Wilfried bringt die »Gegenprovokation«: »Jedes System erlebt, bevor es zusammenkracht, seine große Blüte.« Wer wird gewinnen? Der Tyrannosaurus Rex oder die Säugetiere? Ist diese Metapher zutreffend? Welche unserer Provokationen gewinnt?

Patrick McKenzie (patio11) reads an essay about "industrial-scale" fraud and why it should be treated as a professional business process rather than a series of isolated accidents. He explains how fraudsters leverage specialized supply chains—shared CPAs, incorporation agents, and "least attentive" banks—to loot public funds. Patrick argues that the government's "pay-and-chase" model is fundamentally broken and suggests that simple "proof of work" functions, like a 30-second cell phone video of a workspace, could provide the visceral signal that paperwork lacks, and examines the state's lack of "object permanence" regarding serial fraudsters and how scaled data provides the defense-side advantage needed to catch modern frauds.–Full transcript available here: www.complexsystemspodcast.com/fraud-as-infrastructure/–Presenting Sponsor: Mercury Complex Systems is presented by Mercury—radically better banking for founders. Mercury offers the best wire experience anywhere: fast, reliable, and free for domestic U.S. wires, so you can stay focused on growing your business. Apply online in minutes at mercury.com.Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group and Column N.A., Members FDIC.–Links:Bits about Money: https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/fraud-investigation/ Dan Davies on Complex Systems: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5QKxzgumJXSQuaWCmYAoM9 Jetson Leder-Luis on Complex Systems podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3NiC7x9edoxJXkNW9vRfAT Stripe's Emily Sands on Complex Systems: https://open.spotify.com/episode/64Dyh6Gbg1lg4qUFwId0hc –Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(05:23) In which we briefly return to Minnesota(09:26) Common signals, methods, and epiphenomena of fraud(09:30) Fraudsters are playing an iterated game(11:29) The fraud supply chain is detectable(14:27) Investigators should expect to find ethnically clustered fraud(20:11) Sponsor: Mercury(21:47) High growth rate opportunities attract frauds(26:04) Fraudsters find the weakest links in the financial system(32:35) Frauds openly suborn identities(35:57) Asymmetry in attacker and defender burdens of proof(40:13) Fraudsters under-paperwork their epiphenomena(44:22) Machine learning can adaptively identify fraud(48:14) Frauds have a lifecycle(50:34) Should we care about fraud investigation, anyway

On this episode of This Week in the Peace, Energeticcity's Steve Berard (in his final episode as co-host of This Week in the Peace) chats with Dan Davies and Tracy Radcliffe of the 2276 P.P.C.L.I. Royal Canadian Army Cadets about the Remembrance Day ceremonies in Fort St. John.Then, Moose FM's Dub Craig sits down with artist Irene Gut to discuss her exhibition, "From The Beehive To The Canvas: Exploration In Encaustic", opening on November 7, 2025, and showing until November 22 at Peace Gallery North.Tune in to This Week in the Peace every Friday at 10am MST on 100.1 Moose FM or the Moose FM Facebook page and Energeticcity.ca YouTube. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wang Di, Chinese Ambassador to Canada; Dan Davies, Interim NDP Leader; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Laryssa Waler & Karl Bélanger; John Vennavally-Rao, CTV News.

Fifty years after it first terrified — and amused — audiences, “The Giant Spider Invasion” is crawling back onto the screen. The cult classic about extraterrestrial, blood thirty spiders was filmed in the Gleason, Wisconsin area and is beloved by campy horror fans. It even got the Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment. Now, “The Giant Spider Invasion” is being reimagined for its 50th anniversary, with new scenes filmed in northern Wisconsin and a theater release around Halloween. Dan Davies is a Wisconsin native himself who has been cast as the lead actor in the new footage. He talked with WPR’s Shereen Siewert about the film.

Louis sits down with writer, actor and comedian Steve Coogan in the first episode of the new series. Steve discusses falling in and out of love with Alan Partridge, literally wearing Jimmy Savile's shoes in ‘The Reckoning', and being sober after his ‘delayed adolescence'. Warning: 1970s mother-in-law jokes are included.  Warnings: Strong language and adult themes. If you've been affected by the topics discussed in this episode, Spotify have a website for information and resources. Visit spotify.com/resources   Links/Attachments:    TV Show: ‘On the Hour' (1991 – 1992) - BBC Radio 4  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008pcbq     TV Show: ‘Knowing Me, Knowing You' (1994 - 1995) - BBC   https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108828/     TV Show: ‘I'm Alan Partridge' (1997 – 2002) - BBC   https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129690/     TV Show: ‘Alan Partridge's Mid Morning Matters' (2010 – 2016)  https://tv.apple.com/gb/episode/episode-1/umc.cmc.6t24k6qmgn78pjfz5iueck40u?showId=umc.cmc.9x6rfy298smgramzarjelucq&action=playSmartEpisode     Philomena (2013)  https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/philomena/umc.cmc.65o05voqje46icxfetp55hwcb?action=play     TV Show: ‘The Reckoning' (2023) - BBC  https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0g4swnr/the-reckoning   TV Show: ‘How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)' (upcoming show) - BBC  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002hcbk     Book: Easily Distracted, Steve Coogan (2015)  https://www.waterstones.com/book/easily-distracted/steve-coogan/9780099585930     TV show: ‘The Thick of It' (2005 – 2012) - BBC  https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006qgrd/the-thick-of-it     TV Show: ‘Veep' (2012 – 2019) - HBO  https://tv.apple.com/gb/episode/fundraiser/umc.cmc.ytcqma5k9ovyykhsnnm9asnk?showId=umc.cmc.5ir3dmyl42miy9h2gxvz551ql&action=playSmartEpisode     TV Show: ‘Blankety Blank' (1979 – 1990) - BBC  https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0010b7c/blankety-blank   Les Dawson playing piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nNGlaiVypU    TV Show: ‘Spitting Image' (1984 – 1996)  - ITV  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086807/     TV Show: ‘Blackadder' (1983 - 1989) - ITV   https://www.itv.com/watch/blackadder/2a7295     TV Show: ‘Not the Nine O'Clock News' (1979 – 1982) - BBC    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080253/     TV Show: ‘The Trip' (2010 - 2020) - BBC   https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b04v5fy3/the-trip     TV Show: ‘When Louis met...' [Jimmy Savile Episode] (2000 – 2002) - BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0g3zjn9/when-louis-met-series-1-jimmy-savile     Louis Theroux: Savile (2016) - BBC  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07yc9zh     Jimmy Savile & Steve Coogan 1989 clip:   https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/celebrity/steve-coogan-jimmy-savile-impression-201622-20231021     Book: In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile, Dan Davies (2015) https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/products/in-plain-sight-book-dan-davies-9781782067467     TV Show: Des (2020) - ITV  https://www.itv.com/watch/des/2a7844     TV Show: ‘Appropriate Adult' (2011) - ITV  https://www.itv.com/watch/appropriate-adult/1a6304     TV Show: ‘Foyle's War' (2002 – 2015)  https://www.itv.com/watch/foyles-war/25410     A Beautiful Mind (2002)  https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/a-beautiful-mind/umc.cmc.2iqk0c0jh9ocfk2jtv2yda0k1?action=play Credits:  Producer: Millie Chu   Assistant Producer: Maan al-Yasiri  Production Manager: Francesca Bassett   Music: Miguel D'Oliveira   Audio Mixer: Tom Guest  Video Mixer: Scott Edwards   Shownotes compiled by Elly Young  Executive Producer: Arron Fellows       A Mindhouse Production for Spotify   www.mindhouse.co.uk   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We had the people behind a new documentary about the German position concerning Israel on the show. We asked them about their inspiration and insights regarding "Germany's Israel Obsession". Wir sind 99 ZU EINS! Ein Podcast mit Kommentaren zu aktuellen Geschehnissen, sowie Analysen und Interviews zu den wichtigsten politischen Aufgaben unserer Zeit.#leftisbest #linksbringts #machsmitlinks Wir brauchen eure Hilfe! So könnt ihr uns unterstützen: 1. Bitte abonniert unseren Kanal und liked unsere Videos. 2. Teil unseren content auf social media und folgt uns auch auf Twitter, Instagram und FB 3. Wenn ihr Zugang zu unserer Discord-Community, sowie exklusive After-Show Episoden und Einladungen in unsere Livestreams bekommen wollt, dann unterstützt uns doch bitte auf Patreon: www.patreon.com/99zueins 4. Wir empfangen auch Spenden unter: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hostedbuttonid=NSABEZ5567QZE

For this episode of Liminal Library, I interviewed Dan Davies about The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions—and How the World Lost Its Mind (U Chicago Press, 2025). Davies examines how we've systematically engineered responsibility out of our institutions, creating a world where major decisions happen without clear human accountability. Davies draws on Stafford Beer's cybernetics to explain how modern organizations function as systems with their own patterns and responses. As he puts it, "the system is not conscious and so does not have incentives, but it has consistent patterns of response to stimuli." This isn't about individual moral failures – it's about the industrialization of decision-making itself. We've moved from Harry Truman's "The Buck Stops Here" to complex processes and standardized criteria that diffuse responsibility across multiple layers. When things go wrong – financial crises, environmental failures, social breakdowns – no single person can be held accountable because no single person actually made the decision. Davies traces this transformation through three revolutions: the managerial revolution that shifted control from owners to professional administrators, the cybernetic revolution that offered tools to understand these systems but never fully materialized, and the neoliberal revolution that reshaped society while ignoring that increasingly, systems rather than people make the decisions affecting our lives. These accountability machines, as Davies calls them, operate according to their own logic and constraints. Understanding them is essential for grasping why institutional failures seem both inevitable and impossible to prevent within our current frameworks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

For this episode of Liminal Library, I interviewed Dan Davies about The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions—and How the World Lost Its Mind (U Chicago Press, 2025). Davies examines how we've systematically engineered responsibility out of our institutions, creating a world where major decisions happen without clear human accountability. Davies draws on Stafford Beer's cybernetics to explain how modern organizations function as systems with their own patterns and responses. As he puts it, "the system is not conscious and so does not have incentives, but it has consistent patterns of response to stimuli." This isn't about individual moral failures – it's about the industrialization of decision-making itself. We've moved from Harry Truman's "The Buck Stops Here" to complex processes and standardized criteria that diffuse responsibility across multiple layers. When things go wrong – financial crises, environmental failures, social breakdowns – no single person can be held accountable because no single person actually made the decision. Davies traces this transformation through three revolutions: the managerial revolution that shifted control from owners to professional administrators, the cybernetic revolution that offered tools to understand these systems but never fully materialized, and the neoliberal revolution that reshaped society while ignoring that increasingly, systems rather than people make the decisions affecting our lives. These accountability machines, as Davies calls them, operate according to their own logic and constraints. Understanding them is essential for grasping why institutional failures seem both inevitable and impossible to prevent within our current frameworks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/public-policy

For this episode of Liminal Library, I interviewed Dan Davies about The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions—and How the World Lost Its Mind (U Chicago Press, 2025). Davies examines how we've systematically engineered responsibility out of our institutions, creating a world where major decisions happen without clear human accountability. Davies draws on Stafford Beer's cybernetics to explain how modern organizations function as systems with their own patterns and responses. As he puts it, "the system is not conscious and so does not have incentives, but it has consistent patterns of response to stimuli." This isn't about individual moral failures – it's about the industrialization of decision-making itself. We've moved from Harry Truman's "The Buck Stops Here" to complex processes and standardized criteria that diffuse responsibility across multiple layers. When things go wrong – financial crises, environmental failures, social breakdowns – no single person can be held accountable because no single person actually made the decision. Davies traces this transformation through three revolutions: the managerial revolution that shifted control from owners to professional administrators, the cybernetic revolution that offered tools to understand these systems but never fully materialized, and the neoliberal revolution that reshaped society while ignoring that increasingly, systems rather than people make the decisions affecting our lives. These accountability machines, as Davies calls them, operate according to their own logic and constraints. Understanding them is essential for grasping why institutional failures seem both inevitable and impossible to prevent within our current frameworks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/economics

For this episode of Liminal Library, I interviewed Dan Davies about The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions—and How the World Lost Its Mind (U Chicago Press, 2025). Davies examines how we've systematically engineered responsibility out of our institutions, creating a world where major decisions happen without clear human accountability. Davies draws on Stafford Beer's cybernetics to explain how modern organizations function as systems with their own patterns and responses. As he puts it, "the system is not conscious and so does not have incentives, but it has consistent patterns of response to stimuli." This isn't about individual moral failures – it's about the industrialization of decision-making itself. We've moved from Harry Truman's "The Buck Stops Here" to complex processes and standardized criteria that diffuse responsibility across multiple layers. When things go wrong – financial crises, environmental failures, social breakdowns – no single person can be held accountable because no single person actually made the decision. Davies traces this transformation through three revolutions: the managerial revolution that shifted control from owners to professional administrators, the cybernetic revolution that offered tools to understand these systems but never fully materialized, and the neoliberal revolution that reshaped society while ignoring that increasingly, systems rather than people make the decisions affecting our lives. These accountability machines, as Davies calls them, operate according to their own logic and constraints. Understanding them is essential for grasping why institutional failures seem both inevitable and impossible to prevent within our current frameworks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

For this episode of Liminal Library, I interviewed Dan Davies about The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions—and How the World Lost Its Mind (U Chicago Press, 2025). Davies examines how we've systematically engineered responsibility out of our institutions, creating a world where major decisions happen without clear human accountability. Davies draws on Stafford Beer's cybernetics to explain how modern organizations function as systems with their own patterns and responses. As he puts it, "the system is not conscious and so does not have incentives, but it has consistent patterns of response to stimuli." This isn't about individual moral failures – it's about the industrialization of decision-making itself. We've moved from Harry Truman's "The Buck Stops Here" to complex processes and standardized criteria that diffuse responsibility across multiple layers. When things go wrong – financial crises, environmental failures, social breakdowns – no single person can be held accountable because no single person actually made the decision. Davies traces this transformation through three revolutions: the managerial revolution that shifted control from owners to professional administrators, the cybernetic revolution that offered tools to understand these systems but never fully materialized, and the neoliberal revolution that reshaped society while ignoring that increasingly, systems rather than people make the decisions affecting our lives. These accountability machines, as Davies calls them, operate according to their own logic and constraints. Understanding them is essential for grasping why institutional failures seem both inevitable and impossible to prevent within our current frameworks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this episode of Liminal Library, I interviewed Dan Davies about The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions—and How the World Lost Its Mind (U Chicago Press, 2025). Davies examines how we've systematically engineered responsibility out of our institutions, creating a world where major decisions happen without clear human accountability. Davies draws on Stafford Beer's cybernetics to explain how modern organizations function as systems with their own patterns and responses. As he puts it, "the system is not conscious and so does not have incentives, but it has consistent patterns of response to stimuli." This isn't about individual moral failures – it's about the industrialization of decision-making itself. We've moved from Harry Truman's "The Buck Stops Here" to complex processes and standardized criteria that diffuse responsibility across multiple layers. When things go wrong – financial crises, environmental failures, social breakdowns – no single person can be held accountable because no single person actually made the decision. Davies traces this transformation through three revolutions: the managerial revolution that shifted control from owners to professional administrators, the cybernetic revolution that offered tools to understand these systems but never fully materialized, and the neoliberal revolution that reshaped society while ignoring that increasingly, systems rather than people make the decisions affecting our lives. These accountability machines, as Davies calls them, operate according to their own logic and constraints. Understanding them is essential for grasping why institutional failures seem both inevitable and impossible to prevent within our current frameworks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/finance

Have businesses become less accountable? If something goes wrong with your flight, train, or takeaway, you'll probably struggle to get a helpful response from someone. Today's guest on Nudge, economist Dan Davies, says this is by design. He calls them Unaccountability Machines, and they're taking over. He explains that they've caused the world's largest defamation settlement against Fox News, almost destroyed Boeing, and even massacred 400 Chinese squirrels. ---  Dan's book: https://profilebooks.com/work/the-unaccountability-machine/  Dan's Nudgestock talk: https://youtu.be/W-2He-YzjRg?si=Gqk30nCPLDxxEh52 Subscribe to the (free) Nudge Newsletter: https://nudge.ck.page/profile  Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phill-agnew-22213187/  Watch Nudge on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nudgepodcast/ ---  Today's sources:  BBC News. (1999, April 15). Dutch airline in squirrel shredding row. BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/320810.stm Davies, D. (2024). The Unaccountability Machine: Why big systems make terrible decisions—and how the world lost its mind. Profile Books.

Today I'm joined by Dan Davies, Author and Former Economist, for a fascinating discussion on how systems, algorithms and AI are changing the world around us.   Sponsored by https://www.b2bframeworks.com   Brought to you in partnership with https://awardsinternational.com

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan talk with Kathryn Porter about the frequency issues and outages caused by mixing aging grid infrastructure with inverter-based resources, and what Western countries can do to bolster their grids. // For the intro, Kelly and Joe discuss Israel's strike on Iran and the nightmare scenario: an Iranian decision to close the Strait of Hormuz. // Guest Bio: - Kathryn Porter is the founder of Watt-Logic: https://watt-logic.com/ // Host Bio: - Kelly Ogle is Managing Director of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute - Joe Calnan is VP, Energy and Calgary Operations at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute // Reading recommendations: - "The Unaccountability Machine", by Dan Davies: https://www.amazon.ca/Unaccountability-Machine-Dan-Davies/dp/1788169549 // Interview recording Date: June 13, 2025 // Energy Security Cubed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary. // Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

US lawmakers endorsed digital tokens backed by dollars like Tether and USDC, collectively worth $250 bln. In this episode of The Big View podcast, banks analyst and author Dan Davies explains the risks of mingling supposedly solid crypto assets with the regulated banking system.

Jerry and Stably discuss The Unaccountability Machine by Dan Davies, a book exploring why large systems often produce irrational outcomes. While the subtitle promises insight into how “the world lost its mind,” the hosts note the book leans heavily into cybernetics and systems theory, which was unexpected. They reflect on a shared cultural sense that “something has gone wrong,” but critique the book for offering a diffuse diagnosis—pointing vaguely at free market capitalism and systemic complexity without a clear prescriptive argument. The conversation highlights both the book's ambition and its lack of concrete answers to institutional dysfunction.

The Columbia Workshop ||The Fall of the City || Broadcast: April 11, 1937Written by Archibald MacLeish, is the first American verse play written for radio. The 30-minute radio play was first broadcast April 11, 1937, at 7 p.m. ET over the Columbia Broadcasting System (today CBS) as part of the Columbia Workshop radio series. The cast featured Orson Welles and Burgess Meredith. Music was composed and directed by Bernard Herrmann. It is an allegory on the rise of Fascism.Cast of characters:House Jameson as Studio Director; Orson Welles as Announcer; Adelaide Klein as Dead Woman; Carleton Young as 1st Messenger; Burgess Meredith as Orator; Dwight Weist as 2nd Messenger; Edgar Stehli as Priest; William Pringle as General; Guy Repp, Brandon Peters, Karl Swenson, Dan Davies, and Kenneth Delmar as Antiphonal ChorusProduction:This section possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed.The play was broadcast live from the drill hall of the Seventh Regiment Armory in Manhattan, New York. The site was chosen for the acoustic properties needed for the production. The principal director was Irving Reis who was also the producer. Music was composed and directed by Bernard Herrmann, music director of the Columbia Workshop. William N. Robson was responsible for crowd supervision; Brewster Morgan was editorial supervisor; and the stage manager was Earle McGill.The production involved the construction of a soundproof isolation booth for Welles. Two hundred extras were used for the crowds, drawn from New York University students, New Jersey high school students and boys clubs.To simulate a crowd of 10,000, Reis recorded the sounds of the extras during rehearsals, including their shouts. During the actual performance, these recordings were played at four different locations in the Armory; the recordings were played at slightly different speeds to give the effect of a larger crowd.: : : : :My other podcast channels include: MYSTERY x SUSPENSE -- DRAMA X THEATER -- SCI FI x HORROR -- COMEDY x FUNNY HA HA -- VARIETY X ARMED FORCES.Subscribing is free and you'll receive new post notifications. Also, if you have a moment, please give a 4-5 star rating and/or write a 1-2 sentence positive review on your preferred service -- that would help me a lot.Thank you for your support.https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr#orsonwelles #oldtimeradio #otr #radioclassics #citizenkane #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #mercurytheatre #duaneotr:::: :This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

In this episode, Patrick McKenzie (@patio11) is joined by Mikey Dickerson to discuss the complex realities behind government software projects. Mikey shares insights from leading the healthcare.gov rescue effort and founding the United States Digital Service, explaining how procurement processes create requirements through committee decision-making without market-based feedback loops. They explore how government systems handle software development differently than industry, with Mikey noting that the issues are less about individual competence and more about systemic incentives that reward risk aversion. The conversation covers the challenges of "modernization" efforts, the loss of organizational management knowledge over decades, and reflection on when and how technologists might effectively contribute to public service. –Full transcript available here: –Sponsor:  MercuryThis episode is brought to you by Mercury, the fintech trusted by 200K+ companies — from first milestones to running complex systems. Mercury offers banking that truly understands startups and scales with them. Start today at Mercury.com Mercury is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust; Members FDIC.–Recommended in this episode: www.complexsystemspodcast.com/fixing-government-technology-with-mikey-dickerson/Bureaucracy by James Q. Wilson: https://www.amazon.com/Bureaucracy-Government-Agencies-Basic-Classics/dp/0465007856 Movie: The Pentagon Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pentagon_Wars Mikey Dickerson's company Layer Aleph: https://layeraleph.com/ Marina Nitze's article, I tried to fix government tech for years: https://reason.com/2025/02/13/i-tried-to-fix-government-tech-for-years-im-fed-up/Complex Systems with Dan Davies https://open.spotify.com/episode/5QKxzgumJXSQuaWCmYAoM9?si=uQWgAx1iSzGm5iCUBWei8A Complex Systems with Dave Guarino https://open.spotify.com/episode/0UlTIRosmjtvpcdHQ7t2tK?si=MlUqO3uWRie1E_GRQ5D7jg –Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(00:24) Government software procurement(06:02) Fighter planes and requirements(08:37) Software development cycles(11:37) Deadline challenges(12:18) California vaccine scheduling(16:15) Pandemic priorities(17:27) Sponsor: Mercury(18:40) Government employee competence(22:30) Government pay scales(25:56) IRS modernization reports(27:48) System modernization plans(34:33) Healthcare.gov lessons(40:29) Feedback loops in civil service(44:09) Legislative expertise(46:49) Applied mathematics(47:57) Loss of knowledge(49:28) Tour of duty recommendation(53:06) Wrap

We take a chainsaw to Elon Musk's self-made image and talk about the twisted family tree that raised the world's richest man. FAMILY COVERED:  - Papa Errol Musk, a man who raised his kids by dropping them on survival missions and later fathered two kids with his stepdaughter - Kimball Musk, Elon's lesser-known brother who's more Cochellahead than colonizer - Joshua Haldemann (Elon's Canadian Nazi grandpa) - Maye Musk - Supermodel mom Including: Hammerdome, Trump's literacy, male vs female daddy issues. If you've ever wondered what creates a man who names his kid X Æ A-12 and fights Twitter users like it's Thunderdome, this one's for you. Suggestion of someone we should cover or have a follow-up question/correction from one of the episodes? Write in! overshadowedpod@gmail.com    Check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/overshadowedpodcast   Recorded April 2025   And follow us on social media!  https://linktr.ee/overshadowed_podcast   Instagram: @Overshadowed_Podcast @zachrussellcomedy @charles_engle   YouTube: Overshadowed Podcast Zach Russell  Charles Engle    TikTok:  Overshadowed Podcast Zach Russell  Charles Engle    Produced by Zach Russell   Intro/Outro music by Mokka!  

We are joined by Dan Davies, author of the fantastic new book The Unaccountability Machine, to talk about the book and the new ways of thinking about business and capitalism that he introduces, and then to discuss how this model of thinking can help explain why European football is the way it is.The Unaccountability Machine: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/U/bo252799883.htmlDan Davies' newsletter, Back of Mind: https://backofmind.substack.com/Support the show

Modern industrial economies were made possible by automation and mass production, but also by something similar going on inside the world of management. Where once all the decisions were made by an identifiable boss, now they are farmed out to rule books, bureaucracies and computer algorithms — and nobody is individually accountable for them. The FT's Andrew Hill speaks to Dan Davies, economist and author of The Unaccountability Machine, who explains how the industrialisation of management decision-making was inevitable in our increasingly complex world but has had unforeseen consequences, such as “accountability sinks” and the rise of populist politicians. Nonetheless, there are solutions, including AI, the 1950s management theory of cybernetics and the return of the much-maligned middle manager.Andrew Hill is senior business writer at the Financial Times and consulting editor at FT Live. You can find his latest features and columns here, and enjoy his Big Read on the woes of America's industrial giants here.Subscribe to The Economics Show on Apple, Spotify, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen.Presented by Andrew Hill. Produced by Edith Rousselot and Laurence Knight. The editor is Bryant Urstadt. Manuela Saragosa is the executive producer. Audio mix and original music by Breen Turner. The FT's head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Brad de Long's review of the book:Understanding how to make our systems more accountable and more human may not be the key to our survival, but it is certainly the key to our happiness and prosperity. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-other-hand-with-jim.power-and-chris.johns. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why is it seemingly so difficult to find a human to speak to when having an issue with your bank or mobile phone company? And if you do, why do they sound like robots and/or aren't empowered to make a decision that will solve your problem? More broadly and worryingly, why is it nearly impossible to hold an individual accountable for decisions that led to a major societal or organisational calamity like the Global Financial Crisis, or the UK's Post Office Scandal? Something is going on, and today, we're going to talk about it. My guest is author Dan Davies, and we are talking about his latest book, The Unaccountability Machine - Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions and How the World Lost Its Mind. The book was long-listed for the Financial Times and Schroder's Business Books of the Year. Dan is a former investment banker turned author. His previous book, Lying for Money, was about the 2008 global financial crisis in which no banker went to jail. Dan became interested in why that was the case and to see if the same types of causes for that exist elsewhere. And they do. And it led him to write The Unaccountability Machine. Dan also has a wonderful term called the “accountability sink”, in which a human system delegates decision-making to a rule book rather than an individual, which means that when something goes wrong, no one is to blame. We get into all of that and so much more. Show notes: -The Unaccountability Machine: https://profilebooks.com/work/the-unaccountability-machine/ -Dan's newsletter: https://backofmind.substack.com/ -Dan's author page: https://profilebooks.com/contributor/dan-davies/ -Lying for Money: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38605195-lying-for-money?from_search=true -Dan's previous appearance on the podcast: https://allthingsrisk.libsyn.com/ep-89-dan-davies-lying-for-money -Stafford Beer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_Beer -Brian Eno: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Eno -“Designing Freedom”, Stafford Beer's lectures from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNVZ3IuNlXY&list=PLW6YNX5jIRDEvjZz0_icNAaelHXArzfc- -Norbert Wiener: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Wiener -Neural Networks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_network_(machine_learning) -Variety engineering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_(cybernetics) -Good regulator in management cybernetics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_regulator -Ben Recht: https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~brecht/bio.html -Jen Pahlka's Recoding America: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61796680-recoding-america -William Butler Adams / Brompton Bicycles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Butler-Adams _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Learn more about The Decision-Making Studio: https://thedecisionmaking.studio/ All our podcast episodes are here: https://thedecisionmaking.studio/podcast  Our latest newsletter: https://us19.campaign-archive.com/?u=f19fc74942b40b513cf66af32&id=1e2a6c0ea9   

Why do our most complex systems—from financial markets to corporate behemoths—consistently produce outcomes that nobody intended, and what forgotten science might hold the key to fixing them?Dan Davies is an economist and author of the books, Lying for Money: How Legendary Frauds Reveal the Workings of Our World and most recently, The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind. Dan and Greg discuss the complexities of fraud in financial systems and why no individual seems accountable for major financial crises, how the historical and intellectual foundations of cybernetics and systems thinking can be applied to improving organizational design, and the role of information theory in management.*unSILOed Podcast is produced by University FM.*Show Links:Recommended Resources:Payment protection insurance“Canadian university loses $10m in phishing scam” | BBC“A Mathematical Theory of Communication” by Claude ShannonCybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine by Norbert WienerAlan Turing Kurt GödelStafford Beer Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.Michael C. JensenW. Ross AshbyHis Work:Lying for Money: How Legendary Frauds Reveal the Workings of Our WorldThe Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its MindThe Brompton: Engineering for ChangeEpisode Quotes:Fraud thrives where trust exists13:58: If you want to commit a big fraud, you don't go somewhere where there's low trust. You go somewhere where, as long as you show up, wear a nice suit, smile, and say please and thank you, people will assume that you're honest. But the thing is, that's what you want to do if you want to run a legitimate business too. So, people always say that the cost of fraud is never the amount of money that's stolen; it's the amount of legitimate business that doesn't get done. And that's just really saying that trust is an incredibly efficient way of organizing your economy compared to checking. Checking and trust are basically the only two kinds of technologies we have to ensure the integrity of information. And of the two of them, trust is a lot more efficient.How fraud disrupts an economy03:48: Fraud happens when not only does your assumption of perfect information break down, but there's some actual anti-information there. There's some actively false and misleading information that's been injected intentionally.Why investors and economists lead in a data-driven era58:40: A lot of the reason why economists rule the world in policy is the same reason why more and more companies are run by their investors or their investor relations departments. It's because they collect the data, and the economists collect the numbers that are used to make up the world of facts. 

This is a tribute to a dear friend of The Nowhere Office, Charles Handy, the management writer, who died this week aged 92. Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern are joined by the FT's Andrew Hill to discuss Handy's life and legacy, his extremely sharp predictions about work, the humanism at the heart of his thinking, and his unconventional practices like ‘empty chair' exercises. We have included an interview with Charles Handy from the very first episode of The Nowhere Office. In this episode's My Working Life segment, Indrani Sen, Features Editor at Fortune Magazine, tells us about journalism on 9/11 in New York, the sheer fun of her job, anxiety in legacy media, and a possible career shift. This sponsored feature is brought to you in association with Whitefox—exceptional publishers for exceptional stories. Learn more at wearewhitefox.com. The Nowhere Office is a Fully Connected Production in partnership with Sandstone Global Productions. Music by Julian Brezon. Discover more at workathon.io. Books mentioned in the episode: By Charles Handy: The Gods of Management: The Changing Work of Organizations (OUP, 1979) The Age of Unreason: New Thinking for a New World (Random House Business, 1989) The Empty Raincoat: Making Sense of the Future (Random House Business, 1995) The Elephant and the Flea: New Thinking for a New World (Random House Business, 2002) The Second Curve: Thoughts on Reinventing Society (Random House Business, 2015).  Also mentioned:  Dan Davies, The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind (Profile Books, 2024).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions and How the World Lost Its Mind, Dan Davies examines why companies and governments systematically generate outcomes that everyone involved claims they do not want.Davies is an economist, writer, and former investment banker known for his insightful analysis of finance, corporate governance, and decision-making systems. He has written extensively on topics such as financial fraud, accountability in organizations, and the intersections of economics and management. His latest book combines cybernetics theory and real-world examples to explain how decisions are increasingly made not by accountable individuals, but by systems.In his conversation with Martin Reeves, chairman of the BCG Henderson Institute, Davies describes the pathologies of failing decision-making systems, explains why we tend not to learn from past mistakes, and outlines why he worries that AI might not improve our capability to make decisions unless we carefully redesign decision systems to tap its potential.Key topics discussed: 01:03 | Unintended outcomes generated by decision-making systems07:08 | What we can learn from the theory of cybernetics09:49 | Pathologies of failing information systems11:49 | Why we make the same mistakes again and again14:41 | How AI may impact decision-making16:39 | Steps toward improving our decision-making systemsAdditional inspirations from Dan Davies:The Brompton: Engineering for Change, co-authored by William Butler-Adams (The Experiment, 2022)Lying for Money: How Legendary Frauds Reveal the Workings of the World (Scribner, 2021)Back of Mind (Substack)

In this episode, Patrick McKenzie (patio11) offers a reading of his viral essay, "The optimal amount of fraud is non-zero" with extensive live commentary. Patrick examines payment systems, benefits programs, and pandemic-era policies, to uncover how businesses and governments often intentionally accept some level of fraud as a cost of doing business. Reducing fraud to zero would require such restrictive verification that it would severely hamper legitimate commerce and social programs. Using examples from credit card processing to PPP loans, Patrick illustrates how different industries calibrate their tolerance for fraud based on their margins, mission, and societal role.–Full transcript available here: https://www.complexsystemspodcast.com/fraud-choice-patrick-mckenzie–Sponsor: GiveWell | CheckSupport proven charities that deliver measurable results and learn how to maximize your charitable impact with GiveWell. First-time donors get $100 matched. Go to givewell.org (and type in "Complex Systems" at checkout).Check is the leading payroll infrastructure provider and pioneer of embedded payroll. Check makes it easy for any SaaS platform to build a payroll business, and already powers 60+ popular platforms. Head to checkhq.com/complex and tell them patio11 sent you.–Links:Bits about Money, "The optimal amount of fraud is non-zero" https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/optimal-amount-of-fraud/Bits about Money, "The fraud supply chain" https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/the-fraud-supply-chain/ Dan Davies on Complex Systems https://open.spotify.com/episode/5QKxzgumJXSQuaWCmYAoM9?si=AWkgvWEBSymrQNqpehg5tQ–Twitter:@patio11-Timestamps:(00:00) Intro (00:32) Origins of the essay and Dan Davies' influence(02:16) Fraud is a policy choice(04:56) The unique nature of fraud enforcement (07:54) Who pays for payment fraud?(12:55) Fraud as a necessary business expense(21:13) Sponsors: GiveWell & Check(27:43) Credit reports(29:19) Anti fraud loops used in online commerce(35:38) Different business tolerances for fraud(37:20) High vs low margin fraud strategies(41:40) Fraud in Benefit Systems and Pandemic Programs(43:29) Taxes(45:38) Fraud as an intended component(51:55) Wrap

In this episode, Patrick McKenzie (patio11) is joined by economist and fraud researcher Professor Jetson Luis-Leder to examine the systemic issues underlying government program fraud. Jetson and Patrick discuss healthcare fraud cases, including hospice eligibility manipulation and ambulance transport schemes, and other fraud practices against unemployment and the PPP program. The discussion reveals how institutional constraints, technological limitations, and policy design choices create opportunities for both beneficial and harmful rule violations. They also analyze the ROI of fraud prevention measures, the effectiveness of whistleblower incentives, and how bureaucratic systems can be redesigned to prevent abuse.–Full transcript available here: https://www.complexsystemspodcast.com/defrauding-government-jetson-leder-luis–Sponsors: Check | WorkOSCheck is the leading payroll infrastructure provider and pioneer of embedded payroll. Check makes it easy for any SaaS platform to build a payroll business, and already powers 60+ popular platforms. Head to checkhq.com/complex and tell them patio11 sent you.Building an enterprise-ready SaaS app? WorkOS has got you covered with easy-to-integrate APIs for SAML, SCIM, and more. Start now at https://bit.ly/WorkOS-Turpentine-Network–Links:Jetson's website: https://sites.bu.edu/jetson/ Paper: Ambulance Taxis by Jetson Leder-Luis Ambulance Taxis: The Impact of Regulation and Litigation on Health Care Fraud Paper: Did FinTech Lenders Facilitate PPP Fraud by John M Griffin, Samuel Kruger, Prateek Mahajan https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3906395Paper: Is Fraud Contagious by John M Griffin https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4599654Paper: Unemployment Insurance Fraud in the Debit Card Market by Jetson Leder-Luis with Umang Khetan, Yunrong Zhou and Jialan Wang  https://www.nber.org/papers/w32527 Book: Recoding America by Jennifer Pahlka https://www.amazon.com/Recoding-America-Government-Failing-Digital-ebook/dp/B0B8644ZGYPodcast: Jennifer Pahlka on Ezra Kleinhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/2VPErCIG1pbcnYFBojrKcG Podcast: Dave Guarino on Odd Lots https://open.spotify.com/episode/43HI3NuxZGsl13U365xZxa Bits About Money https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/Related Complex Systems episodes: Dan Davies and Dave Guarino's episodes–Twitter:@patio11@jetson_econ–Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(02:04) Overview of Medicare/Medicaid(02:41) Estimated $50-100B fraud losses(03:31) Taxonomy of healthcare fraud(08:04) Hospice fraud; potentially saved money(16:33) A $10 billion asterisk: ambulances for dialysis patients(21:30) Sponsors: Work OS | Check(24:45) Complexities of fraud detection and prevention(39:02) Pandemic fraud (41:34) Findings on PPP loans fraud(48:19) Supply chain of fraud(52:06) Policy and enforcement challenges(01:08:32) Whistleblower programs (01:14:54) Final thoughts–Complex Systems is part of the Turpentine podcast network. Turpentine also has a social network for top founders and execs: https://www.turpentinenetwork.com/

Author and former Bank of England regulatory economist Dan Davies joins this week to discuss his new book, The Unaccountability Machine, which describes how the cost of large organisations deferring decision-making is a widening “accountability sink.” As companies grow more complicated, the bigger the “sink” gets, he argues. “We've reached a crisis point.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Complex Systems, Patrick McKenzie (aka @Patio11) is joined by Dave Guarino, a software engineer and policy wonk. They explore the complexities and challenges of public programs, focusing on SNAP aka CalFresh in California, where Dave was the founding engineer and then director. They discuss how society's complex preferences become policy, driving obviously bad UXes (like 200+ questions for an application) for structural reasons. Patrick and Dave debate structural issues within government agencies that lead to these inefficiencies, the lack of user-centric design, misaligned incentives, a “cavernous gap” in feedback loops, and surprisingly simple ways anyone can influence public policy and improve government systems.–Full transcript available here: https://www.complexsystemspodcast.com/episodes/government-software-dave-guarino/–Sponsors: Check | WorkOSCheck is the leading payroll infrastructure provider and pioneer of embedded payroll. Check makes it easy for any SaaS platform to build a payroll business, and already powers 60+ popular platforms. Head to checkhq.com/complex and tell them patio11 sent you.Building an enterprise-ready SaaS app? WorkOS has got you covered with easy-to-integrate APIs for SAML, SCIM, and more. Start now at https://bit.ly/WorkOS-Turpentine-Network–Links:Dave Guarino's newsletter: https://daveguarino.substack.com/Dan Davies episode of Complex Systems: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Mos4VE3figVXleHDqfXOH–Twitter:@patio11@allafarce–Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(01:03) Complexity of naming government programs(03:45) How policy decisions are made(07:19) Why SNAP applications are so complex(14:17) Why no one stops overly complex applications(18:44) Political economy of different benefit programs(24:56) Sponsor: Check | WorkOS(26:13) Limited visibility into user experience(29:24) Lack of application completion rate tracking(35:27) Starting where you are(43:44) Challenges of modernizing legacy systems(48:35) Broken feedback loops in government(53:01) Tech's understanding of service design(57:07) Issues with improper payments methodology(1:04:45) Effective ways to influence policy(1:09:43) Increasing agency in government agencies(1:14:56) Getting niche policy ideas into circulation(1:18:04) Importance of frontline knowledge and user feedback(1:21:33) Improving government services(1:22:06) Wrap–Complex Systems is part of the Turpentine podcast network. Turpentine also has a social network for top founders and execs: https://www.turpentinenetwork.com/

In this episode, Patrick McKenzie (patio11) is joined by Dan Davies, author of Lying for Money, and The Unaccountability Machine. They discuss how cybernetics–the study of control and communication in complex systems–applies to modern organizations and decision-making. Dan and Patrick discuss how organizations change as they grow, financial fraud and its relevance to systems design, and the process of writing nonfiction books. The conversation touches on pathologies like what happens when organizations insulate decisionmakers from communications channels to on-the-ground reality.–Full transcript available here: https://www.complexsystemspodcast.com/episodes/dan-davies-organizations-fraud/–Sponsor: This podcast is sponsored by Check, the leading payroll infrastructure provider and pioneer of embedded payroll. Check makes it easy for any SaaS platform to build a payroll business, and already powers 60+ popular platforms. Head to checkhq.com/complex and tell them patio11 sent you.–Links: Dan Davies, Lying for Money Dan Davies, The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions — and How the World Lost Its MindDan Davies Substack: https://backofmind.substack.com/James Gleick, The InformationMalcolm K. Sparrow,  License to Steal: How Fraud Bleeds America's Health Care System –Twitter:@patio11@psquareddigest–Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(00:26) The Unaccountability Machine(01:38) History and fundamentals of cybernetics(08:10) Operations research and its evolution(12:08) Theory of the Firm, revisited(15:21) Monopolizing math for fun and profit(18:38) Sponsor: Check(19:50) Role of black boxes in systems(25:11) AI and the future of system management(30:02) Accountability sinks and organizational issues(38:44) Optimism about future of organizational design(43:45) Empowering employees: the CEO's open door policy(46:31) Lying for Money(51:57) Psychology of fraudsters(01:02:52) Fraudogenic environments(01:09:49) Journey of becoming a published author(01:18:13) Effective ways to sell books(01:22:33) Wrap–Complex Systems is part of the Turpentine podcast network.

Finanskriser sker, ekorrar dör, och världen brinner, allt utan att någon riktigt tar ansvar. Dan Davies menar att det finns en ansvarssänka, och har också en lösning. Han har hittat en man som en gång inredde ett chilenskt kontor med 7 stolar och ett förhistoriskt internet.

Economist Dan Davies makes his debut on the pod this week, to talk about his latest book, "The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind".  The book examines the social and political conditions of the last years of neoliberal politics, and how technology is used not to improve people's lives meaningfully, but to obscure power.  Dan explains his theories on 'accountability sinks' , and how it can be applied to both macroeconomics and internet culture. He then explains how an old theory of cybernetics and information distribution, first posed by the British theorist Stafford Beer, may hold a solution to the accountability crisis – and might be one of the only methods to combat the emerging far right.  ----more----Purchase or order a copy of Dan's book, here: https://profilebooks.com/work/the-unaccountability-machine/  Read Dan's substack, here: https://backofmind.substack.com/ -------- PALESTINE AID LINKS As the humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Gaza, we encourage anyone who can to donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians. You can donate using the links below. Please also donate to the gofundmes of people trying to escape Rafah, or purchase ESIMs. These links are for if you need a well-respected name attached to a fund to feel comfortable sending money. https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict -------- PHOEBE ALERT Can't get enough Phoebe? Check out her Substack Here! -------- This show is supported by Patreon. Sign up for as little as $5 a month to gain access to a new bonus episode every week, and our entire backlog of bonus episodes! Thats https://www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast -------- Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).  

In this podcast we welcome back regular guest, Professor Shane O'Mara, neuroscientist and professor at Trinity College Dublin.I a review of an important new book by Dan Davies, professor Brad de Long of Berkley asks the question: given we are over 15 times better off than our pre-industrial ancestors, why are we so miserable. Davies gives one answer: things have become so complex, few people know how anything works any more and nobody is in charge. So nobody is accountable. 'Nothing works any more' is a constant refrain and Davies gives us his ideas about why so many of us feel that way. His answers may also give pointers as to why the established order - which seems to to make us so unhappy - was overthrown by Brexit, Trump and is going that way in many other countries, not least France.Professor O'Mara pushes back, gently, against some of this. Demagogues know how to trigger the 30ish % of us that have latent authoritarian tendencies. Make us afraid of immigrants, the deep state, Brussels - we all know the mantras by now. Le Pen & co just know how to get a significant minority afraid and angry. Maybe it was ever thus. Chris argues that something has, in fact, changed and some things are worse. Shane says there is plenty of evidence that says we are happier than the headlines suggest. But measuring 'life satisfaction' is nuanced and tricky.But isn't it obvious where the increase in unhappiness has occurred? France, the US the UK?The UK was the first to give manifest expression to its anger with the rupture - disaster - that was Brexit. Maybe because of a form of collective PTSD, Brexit cannot be talked about because of the fear of triggering precisely that post-traumatic stress. Maybe its just too soon to have the adult conversation. But those who brought forth the trauma are about to get their just deserts. Maybe. Populists appeal but cannot deliver - or just govern.Some more thoughts on Biden and cognitive decline - don't jump to hasty conclusions.And much more! Enjoy! We certainly did! Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-other-hand-with-jim.power-and-chris.johns. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The girls are in studio with a friend of the podcast Dan Davies. They talk about the first ever episode and origin story. They go through their personal top 5 courses every played. This episode is sponsored by Manscaped & Long Drink.

George Aliferis and Mark J. Higgins discuss the evolution of the U.S. financial system over the past 230 years, from Alexander Hamilton's foundational contributions to RoaringKitty's Gamestop disruption. They explore the notion of financial progress, the cycles of regulation, what's missing from financial education and advice and how investors can profit from history. Order Investing in US Financial History: https://www.amazon.com/Investing-U-S-Financial-History-Understanding/ TO GO FURTHER

For this week's free episode, we're joined by returning guest and author Dan Davies, whose recent book “The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind” inspired a discussion of bad AI getting used at the DWP, the post-1970s shareholder revolution, and an incident involving Dutch airport cargo handlers managing to somehow deliver a horrible fate to a box full of squirrels. We very much hope you enjoy.   Check out Dan's book here: https://profilebooks.com/work/the-unaccountability-machine/   If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture   *EDINBURGH LIVE SHOW ALERT* We're going to be live at Monkey Barrel comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe on August 14, and you can get tickets here:  https://www.wegottickets.com/event/621432   *MILO ALERT* Buy Milo's special ‘Voicemail' here! https://pensight.com/x/miloedwards/digital-item-5a616491-a89c-4ed2-a257-0adc30eedd6d   *STREAM ALERT* Check out our Twitch stream, which airs 9-11 pm UK time every Monday and Thursday, at the following link: https://www.twitch.tv/trashfuturepodcast *WEB DESIGN ALERT* Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here:  https://www.tomallen.media/ Trashfuture are: Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and November (@postoctobrist)

With total silence from both the ‘firm' and Team Harry and Meghan, the allegation that King Charles and Kate, Princess of Wales, both expressed 'concerns' about the colour of a future royal baby linger poisonously in the air. What to make of it?After that Phil and Andrew meet Dan Davies to discuss one of the greatest scandals in British public life since the Second World War - a scandal that revealed a series of horrific sex crimes carried out by a much loved ‘national treasure' and a history of cover ups and failed investigations what shook many institutions including police forces and the BBC, where Saville was a huge star for decades.Dan's book ‘In Plain Sight' is the definitive account of the Saville affair and was a major source for for the recent BBC dramatisation of Saville's life, in which Dan is portrayed as one of the predator's main interrogators over many years. You can buy Dan's book and other books by the authors we feature here in our own Scandal Mongers bookshop - along with thousands more. https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/in-plain-sight-the-life-and-lies-of-jimmy-savile-dan-davies/155650?aid=12054&ean=9781782067467&Looking for the perfect gift for a special scandalous someone - or someone you'd like to get scandalous with? We're here to help.https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ScandalMongers*** If you enjoy our work please consider clicking the YouTube subscribe button, even if you listen to us on an audio app. It will help our brand to grow and our content to reach new ears.Andrew Lownie.twitter.com/andrewlowniePhil Craig.twitter.com/philmcraigScandal Mongers is also available to watch on YoutubeYou can get in touch with the show hosts via...team@podcastworld.org (place 'Scandal Mongers' in the heading please).This show is part of the PodcastWorld.org network. For your own show please get in contact via the email address above.Production byTheo XKerem Isik Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Watch UNTOUCHABLE - Jimmy Savile:   • UNTOUCHABLE - Jimmy Savile documentar...  Watch our full Savile interview with Mark Williams Thomas:   • Ex-Cop Who Exposed Jimmy Savile: Mark...  Dan Davies: Book: https://www.amazon.com/Plain-Sight-Li... The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/d... This documentary for an online audience examines how one of Britain's most prolific offenders engineered his career and lifestyle to escape detection from the authorities for over sixty years. Over 4 years, this documentary was produced by Shaun Attwood with Underground Films. Underground Films website: https://www.undergroundfilms.co.uk/ Watch UNTOUCHABLE full unedited documentary on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/savileunto... The Vimeo version includes option for David I's Savile contributions. UNTOUCHABLE Music by Michael Baugh https://www.michaelbaugh.co.uk UNTOUCHABLE includes: Kelly Gold (friend of Top of the Pops suicide victim) Mark Williams-Thomas (ex-cop) https://www.williams-thomas.co.uk/ Christian Wolmer (author) https://www.christianwolmar.co.uk/ Stephen French (author/activist) Matthew Steeples (author/activist) https://www.thesteepletimes.com/ Mark Coster aka Boris https://www.broadmoorsinister.co.uk/ Christopher Berry-Dee (author) https://www.christopherberrydee.com/ Jason Farrell (senior political correspondent) https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/au... Dr Sohom Das (psychiatrist)   / apsychforsoreminds  Alan Merritt (activist)   / alan.merritt.96 

After the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank sent jitters through the financial system, Duncan Weldon explains how it's just the latest in the long history of bank runs. He talks to financial analyst and former banking regulator Dan Davies - author of ‘Lying for Money' - to understand how bank runs happen, and what the repercussions of this very modern bank run might be for the global financial system. Presenter: Duncan Weldon Producer: Nathan Gower Editor: Richard Vadon Programme Coordinators: Helena Warwick-Cross Sound Engineer: Neva Missirian (Photo credit: Reuters)

Silicon Valley bank collapsed at record speed. And the world is still trying to figure out what went wrong? How did a bank with a strong history, a strong brand, and a fairly conservative investment portfolio go belly up so fast? On this episode of the podcast, we speak with Dan Davies, a Managing Director of Frontline Associates, who previously worked as a bank analyst. He explains why the bank's customer base turned out to be so much more flighty than expected, and why the bank reached for yield buying long-dated Treasuries at a time of ultra-low interest rates. We discuss what to watch next, and why he's concerned that the initial salvo to stanch the bank run may not be enough.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.