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TinJar<p><a href="https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/the-fundamental-problem-with-urbanism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">unchartedterritories.tomaspuey</span><span class="invisible">o.com/p/the-fundamental-problem-with-urbanism</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>city</span></a> of Sequoia in "A New Faith" is a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cooperative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cooperative</span></a> in the truest sense. </p><p>No one actually owns any <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/property" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>property</span></a>. They <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rent</span></a> it from the city which is governed through a combination of direct <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> (for policies) and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sortition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sortition</span></a> (for representation) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Housing</span></a> is free for all but business pay a rent. Taxation is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/progressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>progressive</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hopepunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hopepunk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/urban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urban</span></a></p>
Ito Tatsuo<p>O wisdom of Mastodon,</p><p>As part of a project aimed at making direct democracy accessible to the widest possible audience, I’m looking for an online platform that can convene a citizens’ jury selected by lottery from its registered users.</p><p>Essential criteria:</p><p>* a truly random, verifiable draw;<br>* ability to configure multiple topics (use cases: NGOs, political movements, local governments, etc.);<br>* secure, moderatable deliberation spaces;<br>* export of results in report form.</p><p>If you know of a tool (preferably open-source) that meets these requirements, or if you have first-hand experience, please share your references and feedback in the comments. Thank you in advance!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DirectDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CitizenJury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenJury</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sortition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sortition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivicTech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Participation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Participation</span></a></p>
Thomas Barrio<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@davevolek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>davevolek</span></a></span> <br>8/8<br>Not forgetting the idea of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ImperativeMandate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImperativeMandate</span></a> and the short rotation of these same mandates, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sortition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sortition</span></a> without filter, and then what we could mean by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MinimalState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinimalState</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Municipalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Municipalism</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Commons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commons</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Federalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Federalism</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mutualist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mutualist</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Synallagmatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Synallagmatic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalContract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalContract</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Proudhon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Proudhon</span></a>), <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Deliberation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deliberation</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeliberationTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeliberationTime</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Stiegler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stiegler</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Virilio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Virilio</span></a>).</p>
Thomas Barrio<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@davevolek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>davevolek</span></a></span> <br>4/8<br>We must also remember that even <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sortition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sortition</span></a> can favor an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Aristocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aristocracy</span></a> (see the example of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Boul%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boulé</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Athens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Athens</span></a>, where it was by sortition among <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Volunteers</span></a>). From my point of view, this system works. Of course, it is necessary to "reset things," denaturalize the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hobbesian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hobbesian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateFiction</span></a> holding the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MonopolyOfViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MonopolyOfViolence</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Weber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weber</span></a>), and the exclusivity of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spectacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spectacle</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Debord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debord</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Baudrillard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Baudrillard</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Foucault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Foucault</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Derrida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Derrida</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Agamben" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agamben</span></a>).</p>
TinJar<p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/09/curtis-yarvin-profile?utm_source=semafor" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06</span><span class="invisible">/09/curtis-yarvin-profile?utm_source=semafor</span></a></p><p>A thoroughly <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lazy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lazy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unoriginal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unoriginal</span></a> idea - since the current version of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> is not working that well, let's give up and go back to some wishful benevolent <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monarchy</span></a> </p><p>Why not explore ideas to make democracy work better? In "A New Faith" - I explore <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sortition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sortition</span></a> <br>&lt; <a href="https://tinjar.ghost.io" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinjar.ghost.io</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> &gt;</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>With the antics and atrocities committed by Trump since the start of his second term, there has never been a better time than today to implement a system of participatory democracy, or at least a political system in which political representatives are chosen by sortition. I honestly think it would be very difficult to achieve an outcome as bad as the one we have now.</p><p>"In governance, sortition is the selection of public officials or jurors at random, i.e. by lottery, in order to obtain a representative sample.</p><p>In ancient Athenian democracy, sortition was the traditional and primary method for appointing political officials, and its use was regarded as a principal characteristic of democracy. Sortition is often classified as a method for both direct democracy and deliberative democracy.</p><p>Today sortition is commonly used to select prospective jurors in common-law systems. What has changed in recent years is the increased number of citizen groups with political advisory power, along with calls for making sortition more consequential than elections, as it was in Athens, Venice, and Florence."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortitio</span><span class="invisible">n</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/ParticipatoryDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ParticipatoryDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DirectDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Sortition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sortition</span></a></p>
Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cat/@CptSuperlative" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CptSuperlative</span></a></span> On randomness, <em>still</em> my favourite article of the past two decades, "If you can't choose wisely, choose randomly", by Michael Schulson:</p><blockquote><p>As moderns, we take it for granted that the best decisions stem from a process of empirical analysis and informed choice, with a clear goal in mind. That kind of decision-making, at least in theory, undergirds the ways that we choose political leaders, play the stock market, and select candidates for schools and jobs. It also shapes the way in which we critique the rituals and superstitions of others. But, as the Kantu’ illustrate, there are plenty of situations when random chance really is your best option.</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/if-you-can-t-choose-wisely-choose-randomly" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/if-you-can-t-ch</span><span class="invisible">oose-wisely-choose-randomly</span></a></p><p>Much more, and apparently heavy reliance on a couple of books I'd still like to read, by Michael Dove, Michael Stone's <em>The Luck of the Draw: The Role of Lotteries in Decision Making</em>, Robert Finlay's <em>Politics in Renaissance Venice</em>, and a few others. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fire.asta.lgbt/@aud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aud</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/MichaelSchulson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelSchulson</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/sortition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sortition</span></a></p>
Thorsten Sterk<p>If, in these troubled days, you’re looking for new ideas about how to counter the rise of authoritarianism, take some time to listen to this podcast of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@Kleisthenes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Kleisthenes</span></a></span> talking to the incredible <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/@hughpope" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hughpope</span></a></span>! </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/kF37TuG4eUw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/kF37TuG4eUw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.cologne/tags/Sortition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sortition</span></a> <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/CitizensAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizensAssembly</span></a></p>
Jo with elbows up & chin up<p>Since we need to start thinking about what comes next. What structure of democracy and connection and organization we need and want, I’ve given it already a good deal of thought and came on my own to an idea that was for the most part, the original intention and structure of democracy: Sortition. I wonder why we are never taught of this? </p><p>I have a pinned thread on this to consider. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@JoBlakely/110531598480099232" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@JoBlakely/110</span><span class="invisible">531598480099232</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Governance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> vs. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sortition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sortition</span></a></p>
Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️<p>Sorting The Canadian Senate<br><a href="http://the5thc.blogspot.com/2025/01/sorting-canadian-senate.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">the5thc.blogspot.com/2025/01/s</span><span class="invisible">orting-canadian-senate.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/sortition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sortition</span></a></p>
Thorsten Sterk<p>„The real democratic promise of sortition-based reforms lies in obstructing elite capture at critical junctures: a narrower task of oversight that creates fewer opportunities for elite manipulation.“</p><p><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajps.12704" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10</span><span class="invisible">.1111/ajps.12704</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.cologne/tags/sortition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sortition</span></a> <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/citizensassembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizensassembly</span></a></p>
Eric Lawton<p>Sortition is the selection of public officials by lottery.</p><p>We use it to select juries.</p><p>"In ancient Athenian democracy, sortition was the traditional and primary method for appointing political officials, and its use was regarded as a principal characteristic of democracy."</p><p>One objection to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sortition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sortition</span></a> is that those selected may not be qualified. </p><p>But a random selection is almost certain to be more qualified than those selected by Trump.</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortit</span><span class="invisible">ion</span></a></p>
benjamin melançon<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://todon.eu/@MediaActivist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MediaActivist</span></a></span> </p><p>The Visions Unite shallow version of <a href="https://social.coop/tags/sortition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sortition</span></a> – an approach in its fuller version that i think all of us working to build a world without 'leaders' separated from the rest of us should consider – would also be supplemental, the broadcast layer or extra attention-boost mechanism for what i felt you were leading up to, social-movement-embedded local news orgs.</p>
Ferrous<p>A simple idea for fixing British <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>: treat non-votes as votes for non-politicians, selected at random from the population at large. </p><p>This would've made this year's general election an overwhelming landslide for random citizens, which probably would've been better.</p><p>Even if it wouldn't have been *better* as such to have 609 out of 650 MPs replaced by non-politicians, I'd argue that it would have been far more reflective of the wishes of the British public. </p><p>Only 1 in 6 of the population voted Labour - mostly to get rid of the Tories, or because they wanted *change*.</p><p>Instead, we got Starmer's lot, whose core strategy has always been to avoid upsetting Tories whenever possible. Because in the current system, they can afford to alienate almost everyone else.</p><p><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/sortition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sortition</span></a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a><br><a href="https://medium.com/socrates-cafe/electing-none-of-the-above-7e8dcd8b9a43" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/socrates-cafe/elect</span><span class="invisible">ing-none-of-the-above-7e8dcd8b9a43</span></a></p>
Nutt Los<p>Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens</p><p>"The ancient Athenians believed that randomness was an expression of true democracy. In Athens, election by lot guaranteed equality of opportunity and chance."</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/elections-in-ancient-athens-democracy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecollector.com/elections-in-</span><span class="invisible">ancient-athens-democracy/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sortition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sortition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lottery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lottery</span></a></p>
Nutt Los<p>Wurde neulich von Dan Ariely zu Demokratie, ihrer Vergangenheit, ihrer Gegenwart und ihrer Zukunft interviewt.</p><p>Das Ergebnis kann man sich hier anhören/anschauen. Bitte über mein stark ausbaufähiges Englisch großzügig hinweghören. Thank you! 😉 😁 </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W4sSM1B6U8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=5W4sSM1B6U</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sortition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sortition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lottery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lottery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Development</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Future</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DanAriely" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanAriely</span></a></p>
Nutt Los<p>Democracy When the People Are Thinking (Classic)</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27tVMj6YUNM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=27tVMj6YUN</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JamesFishkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JamesFishkin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Deliberation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deliberation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CitizensAssemblies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizensAssemblies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sortition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sortition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lottery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lottery</span></a></p>
Clinton Anderson SwordForHire<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://twit.social/@MisuseCase" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MisuseCase</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@zenheathen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>zenheathen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@TCatInReality" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TCatInReality</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@tylervu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tylervu</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@SailorDisco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SailorDisco</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span></p><p>When "terms" are no longer than a specific issue, what you're suggesting is absolutely unworkable.</p><p>A lobby groups is going to what, offer an entire Assembly "cushy employment"? Hardly.</p><p>It's also not difficult to make that level of direct interference illegal</p><p>So, I see what you're getting at, but I remain supportive of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Sortition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sortition</span></a> and Expert Guided Citizen Assemblies, especially over the shit fight that is current, professional, politicking</p>
Steve Randy Waldman<p>On philanthropy by sortition (or the stratified selection it often misguidedly devolves to). <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/YoramGat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YoramGat</span></a> <a href="https://equalitybylot.com/2024/03/20/heiress-is-letting-50-strangers-give-her-e25-million-fortune-away/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">equalitybylot.com/2024/03/20/h</span><span class="invisible">eiress-is-letting-50-strangers-give-her-e25-million-fortune-away/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/philanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philanthropy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/sortition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sortition</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.uno/@alexproe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alexproe</span></a></span> </p><p>had to google <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/sortition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sortition</span></a> as I'd not heard lottery based legislative selection called that before (I'm retired &amp; out of such debates now).</p><p>But yes, I do think lottery based second house would be a vast improvement on the current arrangements; I'm enough of a democrat to want to see a strong representative element (one house with a form of PR but voting), but would welcome that being balanced (a 'countervailing power') with a second house that looked like an ongoing Citizens' Jury...</p>