And How America Could Be Too

The federal court suffers simultaneously from lawless leadership and chronic understaffing. Let's fix both problems at once.

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Elections keep handing power to elites. Anand Gopal and Ben Burgis debate whether choosing officials by lottery, as ancient Athens did, would be an improvement on representative democracy.

Elections keep handing power to elites. Anand Gopal and Ben Burgis debate whether choosing officials by lottery, as ancient Athens did, would be an improvement on representative democracy.

Americans are frustrated with our increasingly oligarchic political system. Selecting an assortment of lawmaking deliberative bodies through random lotteries could help fix it, by empowering ordinary ...

Sortition is fundamental

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Democratic deliberation asks us to meet as moral equals, exchange reasons for our beliefs, consider evidence, and remain open to changing our minds. Evidence from real-world examples shows that it can...

I interview Nick Coccoma, founder and Executive Director of Assemble America

Why random selection is necessary to create stable meritocratic institutions

A New Vision for Executive Leadership in the United States

Are democracies producing a political class of careerists? If so, would parties choosing candidates from their membership by lottery help?

The house of the American republic is tottering. Once unthinkable, it’s now undeniable that our shared home has deteriorated the same way you go broke: gradually, then suddenly. At the time it was…

The house of the American republic is tottering. Once unthinkable, it’s now undeniable that our shared home has deteriorated the same way you go broke: gradually, then suddenly. At the time it was bui...

It's Time to Upgrade the Constitution

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I was at a political networking event recently and as is typical for the kind of scene that I hang out in, the conversation eventually turned to AGI timelines.

How Randomly Selected Citizens Can Fix Government's Hazy Vision

They may seem the cornerstone of democracy, but in reality they do little to promote it. There’s a far better way to empower ordinary citizens: democracy by lottery.

The Theory and Practice of Sortition

And How America Could Be Too