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Alex Guerrero

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Philosopher at Rutgers University. Author of Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections (OUP, 2024). Interested in political philosophy, ethics, democratic innovation, neglected philosophical traditions, Seahawks, Sonics, poetry. Check out lottocracy.org!

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Such an amazing event last year and the program for this year looks excellent!

07.08.2025 01:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections [Guerrero, Alexander] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections

In both cases, the lottery can help!

www.amazon.com/dp/019893898...

05.04.2025 03:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looking forward to this!

20.03.2025 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey, cool that you are reading it! Email me if youโ€™d like me to Zoom in to answer student questionsโ€ฆ

01.03.2025 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lecturer in Political Theory

We are hiring TWO political theorists as well as a PPE position which is open to theorists (focus on history of economic thought) - please apply and circulate!

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/108445-...

25.02.2025 12:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 72    ๐Ÿ” 77    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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A Rare Alignment of 7 Planets Is Taking Place in The Sky This Week A very rare treat is about to grace Earth's night skies.

Look, I've seen the Dark Crystal. I know what this is about. Elon the Skeksi better be evaporated during the conjunction ceremony...

www.sciencealert.com/a-rare-align...

24.02.2025 23:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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From our new issue -

How can we accept โ€˜ourโ€™ decisions?: an experimental study on lottocracy, epistocracy, and electoral democracy - cup.org/42iOEhz

- Akito Yamaguchi, Masaki Hata & Akira Inoue

#jjps

20.01.2025 07:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lottocracy To Fix our Broken U.S. Democracy with Alex Guerrero Revolutionary Optimism Podcast

Check out my new podcast on Lottocracy with Alex Guerrero: open.substack.com/pub/drpaulze...

21.01.2025 14:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Would love to be added! Thanks!

30.01.2025 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NEWLAMP 2025 THE IDEA

More details, including about how to apply (by Feb 1) are available on the site.

sites.google.com/wellesley.ed...

Funding support is available.

29.01.2025 02:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Apply to NEWLAMP! Deadline February 1.

NEWLAMP is an annual workshop aimed at helping professors integrate under-represented philosophical traditions into their syllabi. The 2025 workshop will be held from June 23-27 at Wellesley and focus on African social and political philosophy.

29.01.2025 02:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Call for Citizensโ€™ Assemblies Mobilizing towards a National Peopleโ€™s Convention

Please help spread the word in the USA! #unifyUSA is revving up! open.substack.com/pub/drpaulze...

08.01.2025 13:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Whoa, weโ€™re halfway there
Whoa, weโ€™re halfway there
Whoa, weโ€™re halfway there
Whoa, weโ€™re halfway there
Whoa, weโ€™re halfway there
Whoa, weโ€™re halfway there
Whoa, weโ€™re halfway there
Whoa, weโ€™re halfway there

Zenoโ€™s Karaoke

15.01.2025 20:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1716    ๐Ÿ” 357    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 45    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21
Training for a new democracy
YouTube video by FIDE - Federation for Innovation in Democracy Training for a new democracy

Hello BlueSky๐Ÿ‘‹

Can't wait to discover this new platform to discuss the role of citizens in addressing our democratic future!

Would you like to learn more about our work? Here is a short introduction for you๐Ÿ‘‡

15.01.2025 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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On Faux Feminism and Social Hierarchy I just received word that one of my papers has been published (open access so check it out after you read todayโ€™s Digression), โ€œErnest Nagel and Felix Oppenheim Respond to Leo Strauss, and the Road No...

On @serenekhader.bsky.social's Faux Feminism and Social Hierarchy. With a link to @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social's piece in Teen Vogue
digressionsimpressions.substack.com/p/on-faux-fe...

14.01.2025 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Association for Social and Political Philosophy Annual Conference 2025 The Association for Social and Political Philosophy and the University of Glasgow School of Social and Political Sciences are happy to announce that the next Annual Conference of the ASPP will be held...

Call for Papers: The Association for Social and Political Conference Annual Meeting, University of Glasgow, 15-16 July 2025... Now PhilEvents Official!

philevents.org/event/show/1...

07.01.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Social/Political Philosophers/Theorists,

The Association for Social and Political Philosophy will be meeting in Glasgow this July. Please see the call for papers below. And please share widely!

06.01.2025 12:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Thinking Way Outside the Box Two of the best books about constitutional design Iโ€™ve read recently (โ€œrecentlyโ€ broadly defined) are Splitsville by Christopher Zurn and...

Sorry, bad link: balkin.blogspot.com/2024/12/thin...

04.01.2025 18:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Harvard Law Prof Mark Tushnet on Lottocracy & Splitsville: โ€œTwo of the best books about constitutional design Iโ€™ve read recentlyโ€ฆZurn and Guerrero arenโ€™t interested in expanding the Overton window, theyโ€™re in favor of smashing the window and its frame completely."
balkin.blogspot.com/2024/12/thinkiโ€ฆ

04.01.2025 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If you can't get enough 2024-in-review, check out extended versions of Josh & Ray's conversations with @dailynous.com editor Justin Weinberg, CNN legal analyst @eliehonig.bsky.social, and Rutgers philosopher @alexgphilosophy.bsky.social at our website: www.philosophytalk.org/shows/examined-year-2024

02.01.2025 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What Could Citizensโ€™ Assemblies Do for American Politics? An Oregon county is looking for solutions to youth homelessnessโ€”so it convened a random selection of residents to come up with ideas.

Wonderful piece on citizensโ€™ assemblies and in particular the citizensโ€™ assembly in Bend, Oregon.

What Could Citizensโ€™ Assemblies Do for American Politics? www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

01.01.2025 16:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Leaked documents show Cuban military sitting on billions of dollars amid humanitarian crisis Internal documents show how much the Cuban military has diverted resources to build hotels.

Excellent reporting on how the Cuban govt military dept GAESA has billions that could be used for urgent aid but is instead being used (through GAESA owned Almest and Gaviota) to invest in tourism. Crony communist corruption, not egalitarianism, rules the island.

www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

30.12.2024 15:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was great fun to be interviewed about lottocracy on the Philosophy Talk year in review episode. Available now for downloadโ€ฆ

30.12.2024 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Examined Year: 2024 Because the un-examined year is not worth reviewing!

TODAY: Josh and Ray examine The Year in Philosophy with @dailynous.com, The Year in Political Unaccountability with @eliehonig.bsky.social, and The Year in Democracy (Without Elections) with @alexgphilosophy.bsky.social โ€“ 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & at www.kalw.org/show/philoso....

29.12.2024 13:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lottocracy on Philosophy Talk on Sunday!

27.12.2024 16:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, possibly! I talk about this option in the book but also in this paper: static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/101...

17.12.2024 00:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œOn Cancelling and Repairโ€: An essay by Mary Peterson (Keywords: Sexual Harassment; Restorative Justice; Carceral Feminism; himpathy; Trauma; Universities) "For restorative justice to work, the perpetratorsโ€™ delusions, entitlement, rationalizations, and smearing of victims must stop."

This is a great piece. I have long thought that complaints about overpunitive โ€œcancellationโ€ ring hollow, as the perpetrators almost never acknowledge their own wrongdoing, apologize, take steps to restore, or even forswear future misconduct.

www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/on-canc...

17.12.2024 00:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Excellent! I knew someone had to be on the case. Thanks!

16.12.2024 23:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Someone should write a dissertation (or at least a think piece) about how different weird animals become popular with kids (and others): narwhal, axolotl, now capybaraโ€ฆ

16.12.2024 23:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What To Teach In A First-Year PhD Proseminar? - Daily Nous Alex Guerrero (Penn), is wondering what philosophers think should be done in a first-year PhD proseminar. He writes: Given all the recent discussion about the canon, the problematic effects of policin...

It remains somewhat unclear what the โ€œnormโ€ is. dailynous.com/2015/04/21/w...

16.12.2024 22:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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