[P2P-F] Julian Dibbell introduces Kleroterians, randomized democracy

Mon Apr 25 21:31:58 CEST 2011

Well, it's a publicity site for a book about the lottery. But it's  
interesting.
Combine with Mero, the Hungarian mathematician's brilliant (but never- 
read) book Moral Calculations, and you may have something.

On Apr 24, 2011, at 3:28 AM, Michel Bauwens wrote:

> Introducing the Kleroterians,
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> Hi Michel,
> Julian Dibbell commented on your link.
> Julian wrote: "Oh, and speaking of learning from the Athenians, one  
> of the more interesting sequelae of that write-up was that it  
> attracted the attention of of a curious microniche of political  
> scientists who study and tend to advocate for the revival of  
> lotteries and other forms of random selection in modern democratic  
> practice. As fascinated with the workings of the Kleroterion as I  
> was, they ended up nicknaming themselves the Kleroterians. And lo,  
> they have a blog: http://www.facebook.com/l/31b4d/equalitybylot.wordpress.com/ 
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