Monthly Archives: April 2018

Why Randomly Selected Politicians Would Improve Democracy

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Common Lot Sortitionist

“Their counterintuitive conclusion is that randomly selected legislators always improves the performance of parliament and that it is possible to determine the optimal number of independents at which a parliament works best.” https://www.technologyreview.com/s/423251/why-randomly-selected-politicians-would-improve-democracy/ From the MIT Technology Review of March 9, … Continue reading →

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Random Takes Baltimore – ebook free

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Common Lot Sortitionist

“FREE as e-book from 12-16 April, Thursday through Monday RANDOM TAKES BALTIMORE Hoping to be a forerunner of the Next Step For Democracy, Baltimore chooses its city council by random selection. The fifteen new council members must struggle to maintain … Continue reading →

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Random Takes Off – e-book free

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Common Lot Sortitionist

From Sunday through Thursday, 8-12 April 2018, available as a FREE e-book . RANDOM TAKES OFF screenplay What if we selected legislative representatives the way we choose juries? In this screenplay two ‘ordinary citizens’ enter the first randomly chosen Citizen … Continue reading →

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Random Takes Baltimore (screenplay)

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Common Lot Sortitionist

RANDOM TAKES BALTIMORE imagines a political option for the not-too-distant future. Hoping to be a forerunner in assuring that its city council be as statistically representative of the population as possible, the city of Baltimore chooses its city council by … Continue reading →

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