EP8: Should the Knowledgable Rule? (On Jason Brennan’s “Against Democracy”)

On this week's episode, we read Jason Brennan's 2016 book, "Against Democracy". In it, Brennan offers a controversial argument for replacing democracy with an "epistocracy" - rule by the knowledgeable.

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