Brett Hennig
@BSHennig
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Author: The End of Politicians https://t.co/AahJAJrKpK | Director: Sortition Foundation | Do democracy differently; fix our broken politics.
Joined October 2016
Hey! "Legislature by Lot: Transformative Designs for Deliberative Governance", the new #sortition book I contributed a chapter to, is now out!
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Scrap the Lords! Citizens' Assemblies Now! Help grow the movement for politcal transformation!
For far too long, our political system has been run by a narrow slice of society who are out of touch with ordinary people like you, me and our neighbours. Chip in to the Crowdfunder to fix our broken system: https://t.co/OB1ePGDMU8
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Want to listen to my #sortition book instead of reading it? Well now you can! "The End of Politicians: Time for a Real Democracy" is now available on Audible https://t.co/wEFQjzmh1b Happy listening!
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Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Our politics is broken, but it can be fixed. A real democracy is not only possible - it is an urgent necessity. Provocative, succinct and inspiring, The...
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Are Citizens' Assemblies inclusive and fair? Tonight I'm part of a webinar panel giving the @SortitionNow answer. Register for the webinar here: https://t.co/R62Qavfkc6
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Jump in to this podcast at 40:39 to hear me speaking in Australia last December on #sortition and #ClimateChange and citizens' assemblies
abc.net.au
Can the world achieve zero emissions by 2050? We need to put our foot on the accelerator if we’re to meet our Paris target. That’s the view of a former UN climate negotiator who was a key figure in...
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More from Paris the other day at @DohaDebates
How can we reduce political polarization? @BSHennig explains how getting regular citizens involved in decision-making can help bridge political divides:
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I actually meant to say "there's already been hundreds of citizens' assemblies and the like" but close enough! Here we have started a map of these events, but there are still many more to add:
sortitionfoundation.org
We promote and institute sortition in empowered assemblies, and envision a world free from partisan politicking, where a representative random sample of everyday people make decisions in an informed,...
“There’s already been a hundred Citizens’ Assemblies around the world, more or less. If that becomes thousands and tens of thousands…maybe we’ll learn to do politics differently.” @BSHennig on why low trust in government is paving the way for more citizen participation:
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#DearWorld - that was exhilarating! I hope everyone enjoyed last night's @DohaDebates as much as I did.
#DearWorld, Across the globe, people are taking to the streets in protest — many have lost faith in their leaders. Can that trust be restored or should it be replaced with something new? Join us for our debate #ParisPeaceForum starting now:
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#DearWorld, I'm very much looking forward to tonight's @DohaDebates on loss of trust in government and in particular the consensus-seeking format!
#DearWorld, Mark your calendars! Join us Nov. 12 at the @ParisPeaceForum for a debate on the loss of trust in governments. Debate speakers include @bshennig, @tonilanec and @raad_zeid. For more information, visit https://t.co/5m5wJU7HWJ
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On Saturday I'll be in north Italy at the beautiful @TEDxLakeComo to talk about: Are we (collectively) stupid? (and how we make collectively clever decisions - no prizes for guessing how...) https://t.co/mbeoiniE3i
tedxlakecomo.com
Il primo evento TEDx organizzato in Italia
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Today I'm in Transylvania to promote #sortition and citizens' assemblies in this part of the world. A friend suggested that if they do a random selection here, alongside age, gender and location they might want to stratify by blood type :)
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Next stop: Manchester International Festival @MIFestival I'll be talking on Saturday July 6th about "How do we fix #democracy?" #sortition, perhaps?
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Want to talk #sortition and democratic revolution for an entire weekend? I do!! At the @SortitonNow AGM and "Sortition Gathering" May 17-19, near Gatwick. Hope to see you there! https://t.co/A1nRapSXMx
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A weekend of Sortition themed workshops, discussions and AGM
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At @iirpgradschool in Belgium I'm presenting on - you guessed it! - #sortition. Title of my presentation (on Thursday morning) is "Reforming governance through Deliberative Democracy". Should be interesting talking to a diverse crowd! https://t.co/NhP1unUJYD
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Is #sortition a "cracked brain idea"? I get a mention on the Canadian Agenda programme that talked about "Fixing Our Democracy" on TVOntario the other night, at about 8:30 before the end - followed by an interesting discussion of sortition's pros and cons.
tvo.org
With partisanship and polarization testing the limits of modern democracy near and far, The Agenda considers what a better democratic politics might look like.
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Yes! #Sortition, on the BBC soon:
Tune in to BBC Radio 5 Live around 2.45pm to hear an interview with Brett talking about all things Sortition (I presume...)
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Love the title, love the article in @knowablemag ! "A deliberate fix for democracy" including #sortition questions such as: Can randomly selected people make good decisions? Q&A with @jgastil
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Very happy to see this new #sortition book "Legislature by Lot: Transformative Designs for Deliberative Governance" (that I've contributed a chapter to) appear on the @VersoBooks website. Publication date is 19 April. https://t.co/mrjn1SMxk5
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Very happy to be on @newint with my take on the #sortition Citizens' Assembly demand of @ExtinctionR and others. Enjoy!
newint.org
It appears that the demand for citizens’ assemblies is crossing cultural barriers and being promoted as the preferred democratic tool of a new generation of activists, Brett Hennig writes.
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Do you think the media is part of the problem and not part of the solution? I often do. Which is why I'm supporting a crowd-funding campaign for an English-language edition of @The_Corres They're almost at $1m! https://t.co/4Vd8OCa8VV
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