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Terry has been chosen as one of a dozen speakers at the TED Democracy Philadelphia: Founding Futures event on June 13, 2026. It will be held at the Kimmel Center, and dedicated to reflecting on the 250th anniversary of American Independence through speeches about the future of democracy.
Terry’s first full-length book, “Democracy Without Politicians: Government By the People” is due out in April 2026 from Routledge. A free e-book version will also be available for download.
The book is an exhaustive account of the inadequacy of elections to ensure popular sovereignty, and advocates for an alternative legislative process composed of lottery-selected juries to deliberate and decide on policy. His analysis draws on a wide variety of sources, from ancient Athenians to the U.S. Founding Fathers to modern behavioral psychology, offering both a credible explanation for the breakdown in today’s political process and a possible way out.
In January 2026 Terry was featured on the History Unplugged podcast, hosted by Scott Rank, to speak about the origins of democracy in ancient Athens. The episode is titled “Ancient Athens Picked Its Leaders by Lottery for Over 200 Years. Some Think This System Should Replace Electoral Democracy,” and discusses the often overlooked details of Athens’ overlapping panels of citizen legislators that guided policy through the city-state’s golden age.
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