Re: Wisdom of Crowds vs Kenneth Arrow

Posted by gepr on Sep 13, 2016; 7:01pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Wisdom-of-Crowds-vs-Kenneth-Arrow-tp7587842p7587892.html


More election system fodder.  I love how both headlines imply (all) democracy(ies) is broken.  Reminds me of the old aphorism: better is the enemy of adequate.

Can “sortition” sort out the problem of political ignorance?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/06/15/can-sortition-sort-out-the-problem-of-political-ignorance/?utm_term=.f32efdfb2fa4

Can epistocracy, or knowledge-based voting, fix democracy?
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-brennan-epistocracy-20160828-snap-story.html

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