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#35 - Against Democracy | Jason Brennan
You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy
Jason Brennan is Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.
Website: https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014RXIUAA4/jason-brennan
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Against-Democracy-Jason-Brennan/dp/0691162603
Summary:
In this interview, we discuss the problems with democracy and Brennan's proposal for a better system. The main issue with democracy is the fact that voters do not vote based on what is in their interest; instead, they vote based on tribe membership. Brennan's proposal is to administer an enlightened preference system in which voters (1) say what they want, (2) share who they are, and (3) demonstrate how much they know about politics. The goal of such a system is to use empirical methods to extrapolate from that data what an ideally informed and rational voter would have voted for.
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Jason Brennan is Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.
Website: https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014RXIUAA4/jason-brennan
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Against-Democracy-Jason-Brennan/dp/0691162603
Summary:
In this interview, we discuss the problems with democracy and Brennan's proposal for a better system. The main issue with democracy is the fact that voters do not vote based on what is in their interest; instead, they vote based on tribe membership. Brennan's proposal is to administer an enlightened preference system in which voters (1) say what they want, (2) share who they are, and (3) demonstrate how much they know about politics. The goal of such a system is to use empirical methods to extrapolate from that data what an ideally informed and rational voter would have voted for.