The Case for a Technocratic Doge

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Of interest to those interested in alternate governance mechanisms.

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This is the first article that made a lick of sense out of the algorithm for choosing La Serenissima’s chief executive. It inspired me to do a more analytic dissection of the original algorithm:

  • Two initial rounds of sortition pull nine random electors from a pool of two thousand.
  • Three cycles of alternating between supermajority elections (75% approval required) and sortitions from the nominees to create the next electorate.
  • Two final rounds of elections to make the actual choice, with the final election requiring merely a 60%, rather than 75%, supermajority.

There is value here for the task of merit-based selection of a technocratic administrator. It says nothing (nor does the OP claim it does) about what the proper scope of such administration is. Given @avatar ‘s description of the runer, I highly doubt the Empire would describe itself as techno-feudal the way certain current humans are describing.

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Have you read Electing the Doge of Venice: Analysis of a 13th Century Protocol yet? (There are a couple freely accessible versions online.)

…and now I see it’s linked in the top comment of the Substack article.