A lot of people are scared of sortition because they are worried that the average person is not up to it - but I think there are ways round that. The best prope

A lot of people are scared of sortition because they are worried that the average person is not up to it - but I think there are ways round that. The best property of sortition is that it prevents clique influence on the selection of representatives. This can be preserved in systems which combine sortition with other mechanisms, for example: - arrange for the electorate to be formed into groups of 100..200 however they wish. - each group elects a candidate - representatives are selected from the candidates by sortition. This has two beneficial features over pure sortition: - The electorate has the opportunity to weed out unsuitables - Learning is still possible (if some rep is manifestly unsuitable, the lectorate can resolve to select no-one like that in the future) (Allowing groups in the range 100..200 makes it simpler to form the groups, because once a list reaches the upper bound it can split into two, allowing everyone to just join the group they like rather than the last % having to scramble for a place).