Polity Atlas
TheorySource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0567 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Algocracy · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“Danaher argued that the growing reliance of public decision-making on algorithms poses a significant threat to its legitimacy, a 'threat of algocracy' modelled on Estlund's threat of epistocracy, and that neither resistance nor accommodation is likely to remove it without limiting opportunities for human participation.”

Evidence that supports

1

Evidence that contradicts

0

No counter-evidence recorded.

Context

Global Labor: Algocratic Modes of Organization

Virtual Migration: The Programming of Globalization

Algorithmic regulation: A critical interrogation

Status history

No earlier revisions.

Disputes

No disputes have been filed.

Dispute or add evidence

Submissions are reviewed by an editor and logged publicly on this claim. A source is required.

Your evidence
Not signed in — leave an email so an editor can follow up.