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About Daniel Innerarity

Daniel Innerarity is Professor of Political Philosophy and “Ikerbasque” Researcher at the University of the Basque Country. He recently published "Política para perplexos" (Galaxia-Gutenberg). @daniInnerarity
Latest Posts | By Daniel Innerarity
Interdependence War
1 year ago

Interdependence War

Democracies civilise societies, turn enemies into adversaries, channel conflicts and neutralise violence. This does not mean that there are not deep differences and rifts in them, but only that we …
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A Platform Society
4 years ago

A Platform Society

The evidence is overwhelming: Big Tech companies are producing radical changes in the very structure of society. They are not simply technology companies, but powerful agents for the transformation of …
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Siri’s Decision
5 years ago

Siri’s Decision

In Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes defined the State as an “automaton.” When we organize society politically, that means putting into motion a series of processes, mechanisms and procedures that constitute the …
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Dealing Smartly with Accidents

One example of our collective intelligence can be observed in our way of designing our technological artifacts.  Instead of referring to their sophistication, I am referring to how we identify …
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Exasperated Societies

I do not believe that I am exaggerating if I say that we are living in exasperated societies. For reasons that are clear in some instances and less reasonable in …
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Brexit: The Importance of Being Able to Leave
8 years ago

Brexit: The Importance of Being Able to Leave

EVERYTHING THAT PRECEDED the announcement of a referendum on whether the United Kingdom should remain in the European Union was a political absurdity — demagoguery, irresponsibility, shameful concessions ­— with …
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The Responsibility of Others
8 years ago

The Responsibility of Others

AS PEOPLE IN EUROPE are seeking ways to deal with the fallout from the Greek crisis, a common theme emerges in the discourses of very diverse agents: others are to blame. …
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Algorithms of Taste
9 years ago

Algorithms of Taste

The cultural section of newspapers is one of the traditional bastions of criticism. It is here that books, music and theater plays are reviewed and judged. We are all aware …
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