Alex Guerrero
@alexgphilosophy.bsky.social
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!
Such an amazing event last year and the program for this year looks excellent!
📣 Hungry for democracy?
The Democracy R&D 2025 programme is live – and it’s a full-course menu.
Sessions are carefully tagged by purpose (inform, train, debate, solve, network) and spice level (mild to spicy).
New or seasoned, there’s a seat at the table.
🍽️ drive.google.com/file/d/1TEgK...
The Democracy R&D 2025 programme is live – and it’s a full-course menu.
Sessions are carefully tagged by purpose (inform, train, debate, solve, network) and spice level (mild to spicy).
New or seasoned, there’s a seat at the table.
🍽️ drive.google.com/file/d/1TEgK...
August 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Such an amazing event last year and the program for this year looks excellent!
Looking forward to this!
Lottocracy vs. House of Citizens: Contradictory or compatible?
Join an online debate on April 1st with @alexgphilosophy.bsky.social and Brett Hennig
Register now! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#CitizensAssembly
Join an online debate on April 1st with @alexgphilosophy.bsky.social and Brett Hennig
Register now! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#CitizensAssembly
March 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Looking forward to this!
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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-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/108445-...
Lecturer in Political Theory
www.kcl.ac.uk
February 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/108445-...
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...
www.sciencealert.com/a-rare-align...
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.
www.sciencealert.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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...
www.sciencealert.com/a-rare-align...
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From our new issue -
How can we accept ‘our’ decisions?: an experimental study on lottocracy, epistocracy, and electoral democracy - cup.org/42iOEhz
- Akito Yamaguchi, Masaki Hata & Akira Inoue
#jjps
How can we accept ‘our’ decisions?: an experimental study on lottocracy, epistocracy, and electoral democracy - cup.org/42iOEhz
- Akito Yamaguchi, Masaki Hata & Akira Inoue
#jjps
January 20, 2025 at 7:57 AM
From our new issue -
How can we accept ‘our’ decisions?: an experimental study on lottocracy, epistocracy, and electoral democracy - cup.org/42iOEhz
- Akito Yamaguchi, Masaki Hata & Akira Inoue
#jjps
How can we accept ‘our’ decisions?: an experimental study on lottocracy, epistocracy, and electoral democracy - cup.org/42iOEhz
- Akito Yamaguchi, Masaki Hata & Akira Inoue
#jjps
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Check out my new podcast on Lottocracy with Alex Guerrero: open.substack.com/pub/drpaulze...
Lottocracy To Fix our Broken U.S. Democracy with Alex Guerrero
Revolutionary Optimism Podcast
open.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Check out my new podcast on Lottocracy with Alex Guerrero: open.substack.com/pub/drpaulze...
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.
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.
January 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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.
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.
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Please help spread the word in the USA! #unifyUSA is revving up! open.substack.com/pub/drpaulze...
A Call for Citizens’ Assemblies
Mobilizing towards a National People’s Convention
open.substack.com
January 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Please help spread the word in the USA! #unifyUSA is revving up! open.substack.com/pub/drpaulze...
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Zeno’s Karaoke
Whoa, we’re halfway there
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Zeno’s Karaoke
January 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Zeno’s Karaoke
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
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Zeno’s Karaoke
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Hello BlueSky👋
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 you👇
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 you👇
Training for a new democracy
YouTube video by FIDE - Federation for Innovation in Democracy
youtu.be
January 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Hello BlueSky👋
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 you👇
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 you👇
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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...
digressionsimpressions.substack.com/p/on-faux-fe...
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 today’s Digression), “Ernest Nagel and Felix Oppenheim Respond to Leo Strauss, and the Road No...
digressionsimpressions.substack.com
January 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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...
digressionsimpressions.substack.com/p/on-faux-fe...
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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...
philevents.org/event/show/1...
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...
philevents.org
January 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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...
philevents.org/event/show/1...
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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!
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!
January 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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!
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!
Harvard Law Prof Mark Tushnet on Lottocracy & Splitsville: “Two of the best books about constitutional design I’ve read recently…Zurn and Guerrero aren’t interested in expanding the Overton window, they’re in favor of smashing the window and its frame completely."
balkin.blogspot.com/2024/12/thinki…
balkin.blogspot.com/2024/12/thinki…
https://balkin.blogspot.com/2024/12/thinki…
January 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Harvard Law Prof Mark Tushnet on Lottocracy & Splitsville: “Two of the best books about constitutional design I’ve read recently…Zurn and Guerrero aren’t interested in expanding the Overton window, they’re in favor of smashing the window and its frame completely."
balkin.blogspot.com/2024/12/thinki…
balkin.blogspot.com/2024/12/thinki…
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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
January 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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
Wonderful piece on citizens’ assemblies and in particular the citizens’ assembly in Bend, Oregon.
What Could Citizens’ Assemblies Do for American Politics? www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
What Could Citizens’ Assemblies Do for American Politics? www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
What Could Citizens’ Assemblies Do for American Politics?
An Oregon county is looking for solutions to youth homelessness—so it convened a random selection of residents to come up with ideas.
www.newyorker.com
January 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Wonderful piece on citizens’ assemblies and in particular the citizens’ assembly in Bend, Oregon.
What Could Citizens’ Assemblies Do for American Politics? www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
What Could Citizens’ Assemblies Do for American Politics? www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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-...
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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.
www.miamiherald.com
December 30, 2024 at 3:30 PM
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-...
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
It was great fun to be interviewed about lottocracy on the Philosophy Talk year in review episode. Available now for download…
ICYMI There's still time to reflect on events and ideas that shaped the last twelve months—our 2024 year-in-review with @dailynous.com, @eliehonig.bsky.social, and @alexgphilosophy.bsky.social is now available for download: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
This Week: The Examined Year—2024
Podcast Episode · Select Episodes · 12/29/2024 · 53m
podcasts.apple.com
December 30, 2024 at 3:23 PM
It was great fun to be interviewed about lottocracy on the Philosophy Talk year in review episode. Available now for download…
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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 – 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & at www.kalw.org/show/philoso....
The Examined Year: 2024
Because the un-examined year is not worth reviewing!
www.kalw.org
December 29, 2024 at 1:51 PM
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 – 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & at www.kalw.org/show/philoso....
Lottocracy on Philosophy Talk on Sunday!
Coming up: Josh and Ray question the past 12 months with @dailynous.com editor Justin Weinberg, @cnn.com legal analyst @eliehonig.bsky.social, and @rutgersuniversity.bsky.social philosopher @alexgphilosophy.bsky.social – Sunday 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso....
December 27, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Lottocracy on Philosophy Talk on Sunday!
This is a great piece. I have long thought that complaints about overpunitive “cancellation” 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...
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/on-canc...
“On Cancelling and Repair”: An essay by Mary Peterson (Keywords: Sexual Harassment; Restorative Justice; Carceral Feminism; himpathy; Trauma; Universities)
"For restorative justice to work, the perpetrators’ delusions, entitlement, rationalizations, and smearing of victims must stop."
www.thephilosopher1923.org
December 17, 2024 at 12:39 AM
This is a great piece. I have long thought that complaints about overpunitive “cancellation” 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...
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/on-canc...
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 capybara…
December 16, 2024 at 11:27 PM
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 capybara…
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So the guy who spent $250 million to elect Trump wants to kill a car safety regulation that could help save lives and the Trump transition team says, sure. Has to be a coincidence, right?
REUTERS EXLCU: "Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk’s Tesla"
"could cripple the government’s ability to investigate and regulate the safety of vehicles with automated-driving systems." www.reuters.com/business/aut...
"could cripple the government’s ability to investigate and regulate the safety of vehicles with automated-driving systems." www.reuters.com/business/aut...
Exclusive: Trump transition wants to scrap crash reporting requirement opposed by Tesla
The Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk’s Tesla , according to a document seen by Reuters, a move that could cripple the government’s ability to investigate and regulate the safety of vehicles with automated-driving systems.
www.reuters.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:50 PM
So the guy who spent $250 million to elect Trump wants to kill a car safety regulation that could help save lives and the Trump transition team says, sure. Has to be a coincidence, right?
Get excited for NEWLAMP 2025, which will be held at Wellesley from June 23 to June 27! The focus will be on African social and political philosophy. It will be led by three experts: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò (Cornell), Bernard Matolino (U. of Pretoria), and Zeyad El Nabolsy (York). 1/3
December 11, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Get excited for NEWLAMP 2025, which will be held at Wellesley from June 23 to June 27! The focus will be on African social and political philosophy. It will be led by three experts: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò (Cornell), Bernard Matolino (U. of Pretoria), and Zeyad El Nabolsy (York). 1/3
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🤩 The CfP for the 7th Deliberative Democracy Summer School is out now 🤩
A toast to our colleagues from the University of Zurich for hosting the European version of the summer school.
Grants available for students with limited institutional support.
www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/study/doc...
A toast to our colleagues from the University of Zurich for hosting the European version of the summer school.
Grants available for students with limited institutional support.
www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/study/doc...
December 10, 2024 at 8:04 AM
🤩 The CfP for the 7th Deliberative Democracy Summer School is out now 🤩
A toast to our colleagues from the University of Zurich for hosting the European version of the summer school.
Grants available for students with limited institutional support.
www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/study/doc...
A toast to our colleagues from the University of Zurich for hosting the European version of the summer school.
Grants available for students with limited institutional support.
www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/study/doc...