Welcome to the final of 20 videos which tries to bring it all together. We started by asking how democracies can overcome polarisation and return to functional governance? Discover how a crowdfunded standing citizen assembly can transform politics. This people's house, chosen by lottery, would be able to deliberate on all the business before parliament or congress.

As social media driven culture war increasingly dominates the houses of Congress and parliaments everywhere, a people's house reflecting citizens' considered opinions will bring politics back to the sensible centre. And a bottom-up meritocracy within the citizen house could build institutional capacity by promoting the wisest among them - and identifying leaders who serve. It’s the same mechanism that kept medieval and Renaissance Venice stable and prosperous for over 500 years.

A standing people’s house would transform our politics and governance, injecting a new kind of DNA into governance and awakening the better angels of our nature.

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As the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle put it, real democracy means citizens taking turns in governing and being governed. He’d think our system today is oligarchic, dividing us into politicians and bureaucrats who govern, and “we the people” who are governed. If we want to make politics fit for human habitation again, we need to put everyday people like you and me back in the centre.

In this week's video, I look at institutions invented centuries ago to guard against the very problems we have today. We need a standing citizen assembly chosen by lottery, just as we choose juries. Even without any formal power, it could meet, deliberate, and vote on the same issues before the legislature. Then we could all see any difference between politicians' votes and the considered opinion of the people—which would make it harder for politicians to obey their parties and funders ahead of us.

We'd be here all day waiting for our elected representatives to create such a house, so let's get it started ourselves.

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This video surveys all the ground we’ve covered in the first 17 videos, before the final two videos finish off the series.

How do we rebuild our world with institutions that reawaken the better angels of our nature? For centuries, we've crafted systems that reward self-interest and pit us against one another—but it doesn't have to be this way.

In this week's video, we review the complex entanglement of our private and shared interests. Without umpires, dysfunction and injustice reign in our courts, our politics, and our media. To survive, we must hold the shared centre against private, partisan interests.

Rather than watch everything we've built fall apart, we look at real-world examples like citizens' juries and bottom-up meritocracies. These give us the blueprint to build a better future together. We are beginning to understand that we must find ways to scale these solutions globally, or face the ultimate consequences.

Watch to find out what we can achieve together, and most importantly, what you can do to help.

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