The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions—and How the World Lost Its Mind: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions—and How the World Lost Its Mind runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Dickson (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 9 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 6,016 Management & Leadership audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Dickson
Peter Dickson narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 37 hours in all.
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions—and How the World Lost Its Mind is an audiobook by Dan Davies: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Dickson, released May 14, 2025, on the Management & Leadership shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Dickson
- Released
- May 14, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Management & Leadership
- ISBN
- 9780226849126
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions—and How the World Lost Its Mind as an audiobook?
The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions—and How the World Lost Its Mind runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions—and How the World Lost Its Mind free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions—and How the World Lost Its Mind?
The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions—and How the World Lost Its Mind is narrated by Peter Dickson.