Weighted Voting

16 Episodes

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16: Closure

2021-10-1427:16

Summary of the overarching premise and consideration of potential long-term implications.

15: Structure and issue overview

2021-10-1228:11

A look at the proposed test structure, followed by the approximately 100 most important political issues.

14: Comparison to selectorate theory

2021-10-0728:09

Analysis of how weighted voting relates to selectorate theory

13: an example

2021-10-0447:19

A deep dive into personal income taxes. The goal is to show that we can significantly increase our understanding of specific issues with a modest time investment.

12: What if it fails?

2021-10-0129:04

A look at the long-term likely societal implications of not adopting weighted voting.

11: Additional Q&A

2021-09-2734:56

Presentation of listener questions and feedback, along with responses.

10: How to sell it

2021-09-2330:16

Prior episodes focused primarily on how the benefits of weighted voting more than offset the disadvantages. This episode changes direction by instead focusing on how to gain buy-in by both politicians and the general population.

9: Expected outcome

2021-09-2026:38

Review of the numerous societal, political, and economic changes we would expect as a result of weighted voting becoming a reality.

8: Q&A

2021-09-1624:33

address questions and comments about both the overall weighted voting process and episode formatting received through September 15, 2021.

7: Empowering or discriminatory?

2021-09-1332:13

Deep dive into whether the overall premise would likely result in discrimination toward disadvantaged socioeconomic and/or ethnic groups.

6: alternative metrics

2021-09-0930:54

The prior episode made a case for the overall premise of weighted voting and what attributes should be included. This one considers alternative metrics and provides rationale as to why they should not be included in the initial rollout.

5: devising a better plan

2021-09-0627:59

An in-depth look at which attributes would increase an individual's vote share, followed by a strawman showing how the process could work effectively.

4: limitations regarding elected officials

2021-09-0228:38

How our current voting system incentivizes politicians to pursue their self interests at the expense of the general population.

3: Limitations of equal weighting regarding the general population

2021-08-3023:51

In-depth look at the current voting system and analysis of how it is suboptimal.