The Case Against Democracy (with Jason Brennan)
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6th Grade Democracy
Most people's view of what democracy is is at the level of a 6th grade understanding. In this model, people have values and needs, and they rationally pick candidates that share their needs and values.
However, tons of data show that this is a very naive perspective. Most voters have no ideological values, cannot really tell what they want, and often miss important facts.
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Epistocracy - An Alternative to Democracy
The best voters are the informed voters. Based on this insight, epistocracy is a form of government where political power is distributed based on knowledge.
Jason Brennan proposes multiple ways in which this could be done. One way is for a voter to answer a series of questions about the desired outcome and questions about the topic at hand. The questions being picked by a random group of 500 citizens. This method could be used to pick policies or politicians.
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What is all we know about democracy is wrong?
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