<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">My guest this week is Alex Guerrero, a professor of philosophy at the Rutgers University and author of the book Lottocracy: Democracy without Elections. We talk through the major problems with democracy and how a lottocracy might avoid them, as well as unique concerns of its own.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Lottocracy: <a target="_blank" href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/lottocracy-9780198938989">https://global.oup.com/academic/product/lottocracy-9780198938989</a></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Music by GW Rodriguez</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Editing by Adam Wik</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Sibling Pod:</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Philosophers in Space: <a target="_blank" href="https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/">https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/</a></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Support us at <a target="_blank" href="https://patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid">Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid</a></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">If you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">This show is CAN credentialed, which means you can report instances of harassment, abuse, or other harm on their hotline at (617) 249-4255, or on their website at <a target="_blank" href="https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/">creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org</a>.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Next Episode: AI consciousness with Matthew Sheffield</p>