Today: Democracy Without Elections
On the eve of the US presidential election join us for a timely event on Lottocracy!
Event time: 11am PT/2pm ET/7pm UK/8pm CET
“Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections”
Alexander Guerrero in conversation with Michael Hannon
Democracy is in trouble. What is going wrong? What should we do?
In this event, Alexander Guerrero will argue that the problem is with the heart of modern democracy: the election. Elections are failing as accountability mechanisms. They provide powerful short-term incentives, leading elected politicians to downplay long-term catastrophic concerns. Policy complexity, citizen ignorance, elite capture and manipulation, algorithmically reinforced echo chambers, intensifying partisan division and distrust, and the dissolution of political community all combine to render modern electoral democracies incapable of helping us solve the urgent problems we face. What should we do? You can find out more and register here.
