Sortition - doing democracy differently | Brett Hennig | TEDxDanubia

In his talk Brett Hennig presents a compelling, coherent case of fixing broken democracy by replacing elected politicans with ordinary people. Sounds crazy? You’ll be suprised to hear, it actually works. Dr Brett Hennig (taxi driver, software engineer, social justice activist, mathematics tutor, PhD in astrophysics) is a director and co-founder of the Sortition Foundation whose aim is to promote the use of Citizens’ Assemblies to resolve contentious political issues. He has been studying and following the global use of such forums for several years. He is the author of ’The End of Politicians’, a book he has written on the subject. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at