Brett Hennig

Author: The End of Politicians | Director: Sortition Foundation | Do democracy differently; fix our broken politics.

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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!

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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.
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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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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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@HMRCcustomers Hi Suchona, no I get the usual options to request an access code via SMS or through the App but neither of them work for me (the SMS does not arrive, the App does not display any code) - I now another phone number I could try but am not sure how to change the number?

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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 https://t.co/Iqn5IZFR96

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More from Paris the other day at @DohaDebates

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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: https://t.co/S2gs3mj9cn

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“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.

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#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: https://t.co/BhmXiecSUI

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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!

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#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

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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 :) https://t.co/vyiX332E1f

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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? https://t.co/m0VZh4nSnO

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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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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. https://t.co/lM1e2cEG47

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@indiqicom It's here https://t.co/0hS4DRQU60 at about 1:53:50 - enjoy!

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Yes! #Sortition, on the BBC soon: https://t.co/p7L0yLmVd5

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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 https://t.co/XFWUDF5Ym8