The ancient Athenians used something similar to select their leaders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition#Ancient_Athens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sort

The ancient Athenians used something similar to select their leaders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition#Ancient_Athens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition#Ancient_Athens EDIT: I remember this from a Historia Civilis video: https://youtu.be/pIgMTsQXg3Q https://youtu.be/pIgMTsQXg3Q You should watch the whole thing (it's pretty interesting) but skip to 8m00s to watch the part about sortition.