American Philosophical Association Lecture, San José State University, San José, CA
Lecture on Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections
American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting, New York, NY
Paper presentation on “The Future(s) of Democracy: Confucian Democracy, Epistocracy, Lottocracy” at the APA Committee on Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophies session on Democracy, Value Pluralism, and Human Rights in East Asia.
American Philosophical Association, Central Division Meeting, Online
Author Meets Critics session on Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections
Critics: Jason Brennan (Georgetown), David Estlund (Brown), Zeynep Pamuk (Oxford)
Ethics in the Public Sphere Lecture, UCSD, San Diego, CA
Public lecture on Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections
Panel and Lecture at University of Houston, Houston, TX
Panel discussion of Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections on Friday, April 4 followed by a Keynote Lecture on Lottocracy at the UH Philosophy Homecoming Conference
PPE Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
Author Meets Critics session on Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections.
Moderator: Wendy Salkin (Stanford)
Critics: Claudio López-Guerra (Richmond), Ryan Pevnick (NYU)
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Lecture on “Hierarchy, Equality, and Power Inversion Democracy,” in which questions of political equality are considered by comparing electoral representative democracy, lottocracy, and what I call “power inversion democracy.”
Harvard-Radcliffe Club of Westchester, Bronxville Public Library
Lecture on Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections.
Democracy R&D Annual Conference, Vancouver, B.C.
This workshop aims to explore and compare two models of permanent political institutions using sortition. First, it examines Alexander Guerrero's lottocracy, which replaces elections with randomly selected issue-specific legislative bodies. Second, it looks at the Sortition Foundation's proposal for a sortition-based House of Citizens in the UK to replace the House of Lords. The conversation will explore the pros and cons of each model, address transition and implementation, and consider the ideal model with a focus on equality, self-government, responsiveness, and democracy.
Leads: Alexander Guerrero and Tom Lord
American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA
Elections vs. Lotteries: Retrenching or Renewing Democracy?