How each model solves the same problems
Instead of “democracy versus anarchism”, compare the concrete ways collective problems get solved.
| Question | + Model | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| How are decisions made? | Enterprise data was to flow to a Santiago operations room, with alerts returning to managers; engineers described the modelling in practice as technocratic and top down. | A stratified random sample of 523 voters deliberated in moderated groups and plenaries and answered questionnaires before and after; no decisions were taken.Sortition / citizens' assembly | |
| How are conflicts resolved? | Unknown | Balanced briefing materials, trained neutral moderators and competing experts structured disagreement. | |
| How are public goods funded? | Unknown | Privately funded; produced published results, media coverage and a peer-reviewed study. | |
| How is AI used? | No AI: statistical monitoring and simulation on one mainframe; often cited as an early precursor of data-driven governance. | No AI role. | |
| What are the main risks? | Centralised data collection, limited worker participation in practice, dependence on one government, and claims about its achievements that outrun the evidence. | Self-selection into attendance; artificial setting; analysis by the method's designers; no institutional uptake. |
This illustrates differences in design; it is not a universal claim about outcomes. Each cell links to mechanisms and the claims behind them.