First of all, this is an old article (also discussed at time of publication, I believe). Second of all, it seems to be a headline-grab during the "fake election

First of all, this is an old article (also discussed at time of publication, I believe). Second of all, it seems to be a headline-grab during the "fake election" foment of earlier this year, and contains nothing particularly substantial. I will say, it's a bit funny that Buterin's thesis is "voting would become much more efficient, allowing us to do it much more often." This is just printed as apriori true (and good -- at least in a societal sense), but our democracy (at least in the States) is representative. In my heart of hearts, I'd love to believe that a direct democracy is the "best" form of government -- tangentially, this is the argument of most DAOs. Unfortunately, I just don't think this is true. Most people are dumb, easily manipulated (not coerced, as Buterin belabors). Dumb people voting all the time is a recipe for disaster. W. E. B. Du Bois makes a great case for this in his The Talented Tenth[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Talented_Tenth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Talented_Tenth