Originally Posted by ratbastid

That's increasingly possible. It's the reductio ad absurdum argument against JEQuidam's thesis, but... it's not all that absurdum. I'd like to see a nationwide body politic, conducting quality debate on issues and voting from among the masses. Anybody read the Ender's Game series? Like that, but with fewer genius children gaming the system and becoming Hegemon.

(Incidentally, Orson Scott Card and I would likely share an elected representative under this proposal. Although I guarantee that he and I would vote for different people.)