Lottocracy: Interview on MeaningoflifeTV

An hour long interview covering large issues regarding elections, democracy, and lottocracy:

00:50 Alex explains "lottocracy," a system using random selection to choose politicians

03:42 Does democracy have to mean voting?

11:18 Democratic systems as forms of technologies

19:06 Imagining many legislatures, each devoted to a single issue

21:38 Capture and accountability in elections

36:26 How would randomly selected politicians learn about policy?

41:35 Leveraging collective knowledge for political decisions

1:03:36 Alex: Elections encourage short-term focus and tribalism

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