Sortition-randomness-was the foundation of racial equality" "digital
machines are incapible of being random-and thus{...} incapable of
being true agents of equality." "(bridle,new ways of being, p 219,
2022)
Randomness is relational the machine will always be biased Suzuki's
version of Zen taught that'there is not one center but that itself is
a plurality of centers.',a lesson that chimed with Cage's growing
ecological consciosness.
The importance of randomness has been consistently undervalued in
studies of evolution since establishment, while the role of natural
selection - competition - has been consistently overvalued.
Bsp: Experiment in Ireland 2016, Citizens assembly Ninety nine
participants were complete strangers to one another and were selected
at random from the electoral roll, [..] the results of the random
selection were moderated to ensure a balance criteria, such as gender,
age, bias, background, education, points of view and personal
philosophy that exist across country. The proposals which emerged from
the assembly were more progressive, more radical and potentially more
world-changing than the politicians who commissioned it, or even
believed possible. A random assembly isn’t ‚interpreting the thinking
of a mythical middle citizenry. It’s representing it, directly. After
taking testimony from experts and the general public, arguing to address climate change; the imposition of a tax on carbon and other greenhouse gases; the encouragement of electric vehivles,public transport, ecological forestry and organic farming; the ending of subsidies to fossil fuels; the reduction of food waste; and support for sustainable electric microgeneration. (Bridle,new ways of being, p 219,
2022)