For what it’s worth, I have a PhD in Structural Biology, so I’m not exactly an anti-intellectual. In fact, I personally think we should include both felons and PhDs in the selection pool.
That said, I think there are legitimate criticisms of pseudo-intellectual technocrats who use their credentials to push ideology, and I don’t think it’d be the worst thing in the world if the people who’ve already dedicated their life to actually improving the world could sever the (randomly selected) citizens council without having doubt cast upon them via comparison to power-hungry technocrats. If credentials excluded one from direct power, credentials might be seen as a more honest dedication to one’s work.
Again, I personally think it’s dangerous to exclude anyone from the selection pool. I’m just trying to talk about some of the concerns people might have with the lottery mechanism.
For what it’s worth, I have a PhD in Structural Biology, so I’m not exactly an anti-intellectual. In fact, I personally think we should include both felons and PhDs in the selection pool.
That said, I think there are legitimate criticisms of pseudo-intellectual technocrats who use their credentials to push ideology, and I don’t think it’d be the worst thing in the world if the people who’ve already dedicated their life to actually improving the world could sever the (randomly selected) citizens council without having doubt cast upon them via comparison to power-hungry technocrats. If credentials excluded one from direct power, credentials might be seen as a more honest dedication to one’s work.
Again, I personally think it’s dangerous to exclude anyone from the selection pool. I’m just trying to talk about some of the concerns people might have with the lottery mechanism.