An ancient idea for this is sortition, i.e. selecting people into positions of power by randomly choosing them out of a large pool. It's got plenty of disadvan

An ancient idea for this is sortition, i.e. selecting people into positions of power by randomly choosing them out of a large pool. It's got plenty of disadvantages, but it negates most of the perverse incentives of accumulating political power, and lessen the likelihood that positions of power will be held solely by ambitious people who pursue them at all costs.