Sortition is random selection of members of a legislative body. I think its the cleverest, game-theoretic solution to scaling the justice of direct democracy. It's also at least as old as Aristotle, who described selection by lot as democratic and elections as oligarchic.
Sortition is random selection of members of a legislative body. I think its the cleverest, game-theoretic solution to scaling the justice of direct democracy. It's also at least as old as Aristotle, who described selection by lot as democratic and elections as oligarchic.